- Date Of Birth: March 20, 1927
- Date Of Death: October 18, 2021
- State: Illinois
Dorothy J. Downs, 94, died on Monday, October 18, 2021 at Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana.
Dorothy was born on March 20, 1927 in Dewey, IL to Arthur and Opal (Kesler) Miner. She married James “Kenny” Downs on February 19, 1947 in Urbana.
She is survived by two children, Carole (John) Brodbeck and Jim (Barb) Downs; 8 grandchildren, Jeff (Jodi) Brodbeck, Jared (Karen) Brodbeck, Doug (Dawn) Downs, Rob (Amy) Downs, Kent (Alicia) Downs, Kevin (Beth) Downs, Kelly (Tom) Cletzer, and Kurt (Amy) Downs; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ruth Kidd and Carolyn Adams.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Opal Miner; her husband, Kenny Downs; one son, Dave Downs; and one daughter-in-law, Janece Downs.
Dorothy worked as the township assessor in Broadlands for a while, but for the majority of her life she helped her husband farm and raised her family. She loved to sew and knit, and made many of her children’s clothes as they were growing up.
