Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Downing, Ruth Elliott January 9, 1966
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Virginian Pilot January 10, 1966

Mrs. Ruth Elliott Downing, 68, the widow of Frederick Downing and a daughter of 
Joseph and Mrs. Sarah Vaiden Elliott, died in an hospital Sunday at 5 a.m.
A lifelong resident of Norfolk, she was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church 
and its Women's Club. She also was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 
60, Widows of World War I, American War Mothers Chapter 3, the 8 and 40, Hampton 
Roads Salon, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Volunteer Workers of 
Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital and Daughters of Isabella. 
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert F. Barnum of Norfolk; a son, James H. 
Downing Sr. of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest H. Reckling of Norfolk 
and Mrs. F.D. Whitehurst of Baltimore; two brothers, Joseph Elliott of Mathews 
County and Frederick Elliott of Baltimore; and eight grandchildren.
A funeral service will be conducted in Holy Trinity Catholic Church Tuesday at 
10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
The Rosary will be said in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments tonight at 7:30.
 

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