Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Benjamin Downey Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Obit for Benjamin Downey Benjamin Downey was born at Marvinsville, Illinois on Decmeber 26, 1888, the son of George and Sarah Downey. He came to Oklahoma in 1906, settled at Arapaho. On November 4, 1917 he married Rose Lee at Arapaho and they had two children, a son Lee Dward Downey, now of Penrose, Colorado, and Edyth Marie Mullins,, now of Arapaho. Ben and Rose moved to Roger Mills County in 1940 and he lived in the Cheyenne community until his death August 21, 1959 at the age of 70 years, 7 months, 25 days. For many years after coming to Oklahoma he was an active member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is survived by his wife and children and six grandchildren; three brothers J.E. and Bill of Martinsville, Illinois, and Charlie of Los Angeles, California, and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, oK