Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  ROSE DOWNEY

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SERVICES HELD FOR ROSE DOWNEY 

OCNS-November 5, 1999-Rose Elizabeth Ford Downey, 81, passed away Tuesday, 
November 2, 1999 in the St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

She was born February 22, 1918 in Morrison, Oklahoma to Warren Edward Ford 
and Grace Elizabeth (Daffron) Ford and moved with the family to Coyle, 
Oklahoma when she was a child.

Rose graduated from Coyle Highschool and November 24, 1937, she and James 
T. Downey were married in Guthrie, Oklahoma and they made their home on a 
ranch north of Pawhuska for over fifty years. After Jim's death, Rose 
moved to town and continued to run the ranch.

She was an active member of The First Christian Church, The Christian 
Women's Fellowship, The GFWC-Heeko Club, the P.E.O., The pawhuska Hospital 
Auxiliary, The Osage County Cattlewomen and The Red Eagle Home Extension 
Club.

Rose was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, October 13, 1988.

She is survived by her brother, Edward Ford and wife Gail of Coyle, 
Oklahoma; three daughters, Joyce Ward and hsuband Edward of Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma; Carol Henry and gusband Charles of Borger, Texas; and Kathy 
Ricci and hsuband Henry of Millville, New Jersey; four grandchiildren, 
Christopher Ward of Pawhuska, James Henry and wife Jennifer of Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, Jeffrey Henry of Stillwater, Oklahoma and Stephanie Jones of Las 
Vegas, Nevada; three great-grandchildren, Rose Allison, Kathryn Elizabeth 
and James Edward Wrd of Pawhuska and a host of other family and friends.

A Memorial has been established in The First Christian Church, Pawhuska, 
where services were held Friday, November 5, 1999 at 2:00 p.m., with 
interment in the Pawhuska Cemetery. The Reverend Ronald Eldridge officiated 
under the direction of Johnson's Fuenral Directors.