- Date Of Birth: April 29, 1953
- Date Of Death: November 12, 2021
- State: Maine
Bowdoinham – Christopher Michael Downs, 68, passed away unexpectedly at home on November 12, 2021, of a pulmonary embolism. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Jill (Partington). He is the father of Ian and Kyle (Heather Seymour) and grandfather to his beloved Ava. He was predeceased by his parents, Glenna (Duggan) and Charles Downs II, and brothers Peter and Charles III. He is survived by brothers Tom(Sheila), John (Rima), Mathew (Linda Almond), Andrew, Steven and his sister Glenna Downs Besnoff; in-laws: Beth Downs, Gale Gates (Alan) and David Partington (Maryann) as well as his nephews and nieces: Sarah Rudis (Steven), Charles IV (Sharlene), Meghan (Justin Bouthillette), Aaron Besnoff, Nathan Besnoff, Trevor Downs, Jason Gates (Leah), Jenna Briggs (Rusty), Seth Gates, Morgan Carcieri (Anthony), Chelsea Reyes (Isaac) and Sam Partington.
Chris was 65 years old he when he got his first tattoo, of his own design. When he found out that Kyle and Heather were going to have a baby he drafted up an amazingly simple design with her name, AVA, in small overlapping letters on his right wrist. He wanted to keep her close to him.
After graduating from Lincoln High School in Rhode Island he worked at Electric Boat in Quonset Point. The day after they were married he and Jill moved to Maine and he worked at Bath Iron works for over 35 years. Chris coached his son’s soccer and baseball teams in Brunswick.
