THE OBITUARY OF

Sybil Marie Downs


Sybil Marie Downs

Mrs. John W. Downs (Sybil Marie) 55, Lakoma Annex, Manawa, died shortly before noon Thursday at her home, following a heart attack. Her husband is a local barber. Firemen of the city emergency united administered oxygen for 30 minutes before she was pronounced dead.

[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published April 26, 1951, submitted by Ann]

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Sybil Marie Downs--Funeral

Funeral services for Sybil Marie Downs, 54, Lakoma Annex, Manawa, will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Meyer's Chapel. Elder Charles Putnam will officiate. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Downs died suddenly in her home Thursday of a heart attack.

She was a graduate of the Conservatory of Music in Des Moines and a Council Bluffs music teacher. She had been a resident of this area for 35 years. Mrs. Downs is survived by three sons, Jack Downs, Jr., Gene Downs and Ronald Downs all of Council Bluffs.

[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published April 27, 1951, submitted by Ann]

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