M. Glynn Downey, 60, senior vice president of Indiana Insurance Company, died in his home at Stuart, Fla., where he had lived since last November. Born at Frankfort, he was the son of Lloyd and Edythe Davis Downey of the Cutler community. He lived in the Indianapolis area since 1945 and joined the insurance company in 1950.
A 1937 graduate of Purdue University, he was captain of the Purdue basketball team in his senior year and received mention as an All-American player. After graduating from Purdue, he was basketball coach at Greencastle High School and his 1939 team reached the semifinals of the Indiana State High School Basketball tournament. He served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. He was a member of Murat Shrine, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and Highland Golf and Country Club.
Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Barbara Downey are his son, James Downey of Ashland, Wis.,and brother, Thomas E. Downey of Largo, Florida. He is a nephew of Mrs. Garland (Ruth) McCarty of Lafayette, who formerly lived at Delphi and Cutler.
Final rites were Sunday at Stuart with burial in Fern Hill Cemetery there.
Carroll County Comet, Wed., Feb. 4, 1976
Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor Richard Lybrook
A 1937 graduate of Purdue University, he was captain of the Purdue basketball team in his senior year and received mention as an All-American player. After graduating from Purdue, he was basketball coach at Greencastle High School and his 1939 team reached the semifinals of the Indiana State High School Basketball tournament. He served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. He was a member of Murat Shrine, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and Highland Golf and Country Club.
Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Barbara Downey are his son, James Downey of Ashland, Wis.,and brother, Thomas E. Downey of Largo, Florida. He is a nephew of Mrs. Garland (Ruth) McCarty of Lafayette, who formerly lived at Delphi and Cutler.
Final rites were Sunday at Stuart with burial in Fern Hill Cemetery there.
Carroll County Comet, Wed., Feb. 4, 1976
Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor Richard Lybrook
M. Glynn Downey, 60, senior vice president of Indiana Insurance Company, died in his home at Stuart, Fla., where he had lived since last November. Born at Frankfort, he was the son of Lloyd and Edythe Davis Downey of the Cutler community. He lived in the Indianapolis area since 1945 and joined the insurance company in 1950.
A 1937 graduate of Purdue University, he was captain of the Purdue basketball team in his senior year and received mention as an All-American player. After graduating from Purdue, he was basketball coach at Greencastle High School and his 1939 team reached the semifinals of the Indiana State High School Basketball tournament. He served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. He was a member of Murat Shrine, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and Highland Golf and Country Club.
Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Barbara Downey are his son, James Downey of Ashland, Wis.,and brother, Thomas E. Downey of Largo, Florida. He is a nephew of Mrs. Garland (Ruth) McCarty of Lafayette, who formerly lived at Delphi and Cutler.
Final rites were Sunday at Stuart with burial in Fern Hill Cemetery there.
Carroll County Comet, Wed., Feb. 4, 1976
Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor Richard Lybrook
A 1937 graduate of Purdue University, he was captain of the Purdue basketball team in his senior year and received mention as an All-American player. After graduating from Purdue, he was basketball coach at Greencastle High School and his 1939 team reached the semifinals of the Indiana State High School Basketball tournament. He served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. He was a member of Murat Shrine, Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and Highland Golf and Country Club.
Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Barbara Downey are his son, James Downey of Ashland, Wis.,and brother, Thomas E. Downey of Largo, Florida. He is a nephew of Mrs. Garland (Ruth) McCarty of Lafayette, who formerly lived at Delphi and Cutler.
Final rites were Sunday at Stuart with burial in Fern Hill Cemetery there.
Carroll County Comet, Wed., Feb. 4, 1976
Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor Richard Lybrook
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