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John Samuel Downs

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John Samuel Downs Veteran

Birth
Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA
Death
15 Apr 2001 (aged 62)
Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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John S. Downs, 62, Michigantown, died April 15, 2001, in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.

Mr. Downs was employed by Reader & Cline manufacturing and General Battery as a tool & dye specialist. He served in the U.S. Navy for three years aboard the USS Otterstetter, DER-244, served as the Town Marshal of Jolietville, IN and lived in Sheridan until he moved to Frankfort in 1983. He was a member of the Beard Masonic Lodge and a former member of the Michigantown Lions Club.

Mr. Downs was born Oct. 11, 1938, in Sheridan to Clarence and Eunice Kittinger Downs. He married Ruth Ellen Ottinger of Jolietville IN and she survives. Survivors include sons Pete Downs of Altus OK, Rick Downs and David Downs of Lebanon IN. Daughters Debra Ellen, Sheri Lynn, and Melinda Sue all three of local residence.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Genda Funeral Home with Pastor John Whitlow officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.
John S. Downs, 62, Michigantown, died April 15, 2001, in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.

Mr. Downs was employed by Reader & Cline manufacturing and General Battery as a tool & dye specialist. He served in the U.S. Navy for three years aboard the USS Otterstetter, DER-244, served as the Town Marshal of Jolietville, IN and lived in Sheridan until he moved to Frankfort in 1983. He was a member of the Beard Masonic Lodge and a former member of the Michigantown Lions Club.

Mr. Downs was born Oct. 11, 1938, in Sheridan to Clarence and Eunice Kittinger Downs. He married Ruth Ellen Ottinger of Jolietville IN and she survives. Survivors include sons Pete Downs of Altus OK, Rick Downs and David Downs of Lebanon IN. Daughters Debra Ellen, Sheri Lynn, and Melinda Sue all three of local residence.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Genda Funeral Home with Pastor John Whitlow officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.


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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39948181/john_samuel-downs: accessed ), memorial page for John Samuel Downs (11 Oct 1938–15 Apr 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39948181, citing Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Hoosierpete (contributor 47157571).