Gary Downs (1938-2010)
DOWNS, CHIPMAN, REBMAN, BYERS
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/21/2010 at 21:03:36
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
Gary Downs, 71, of Ames, died Saturday, July 17, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. Celebration of Life Memorial Services are pending and will be held at First United Methodist Church in Ames.
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.
Gary Downs, 71, of Ames, died Saturday, July 17, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. A gathering of friends and family will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames. A celebration of life memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at First United Methodist Church in Ames. Gary was cremated and inurnment will be at a later date in Rushville, Ill.
Gary was born Aug. 15, 1938, in Rushville, Ill., the son of Clifford and Beulah (Chipman) Downs. He graduated from Rushville High School. He married Norma Rebman July 7, 1956, in Rushville, Ill. He then received a bachelor’s degree in 1964, teaching at Avon, Ill., and Rich Township High School in Olympia Fields, Ill. In 1969, he received a master’s degree from Western Illinois and in 1972, a doctor of education degree from Northern Colorado. He worked three years for the state of Iowa, living in Ankeny before coming to Iowa State University as a professor of curriculum and instruction, retiring in 1999.
Gary was a member Ames Lions Club, NSTA, Iowa Academy of Science, First United Methodist Church, UMM and the Izaak Walton League of Ames.
He is survived by his wife, Norma, of Ames; sons, Kraig (Joni) Downs, of Pella, and Kevin Downs, of Ames; grandchildren, Michael and Jeremy Downs, of Des Moines, and Larissa, Sarah and Aaron Downs, of Pella; great-grandchildren, Mason, Carson and Addison Downs, of Ames; one sister, Marjorie Byers, of Baltimore; and brothers, Dwayne Downs and Merlin Downs, of Rushville, Ill.
Gary was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Robert Downs; two sisters; and two brothers.
Memorials may be directed to the family at this time. Online condolences may be sent to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com .
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
Gary Downs, 71, of Ames, died Saturday, July 17, 2010. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames. A celebration of life memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at First United Methodist Church in Ames. Inurnment will be at a later date in Rushville, Ill.
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