Downing, William H.

58 year old retired miner and resident of Picher Oklahoma for twenty five years, died at the home of his mother Mrs. Amanda Downing, 505 North Maple, Commerce Oklahoma. He was a veteran of World War I and had moved to Commerce only two weeks before his death. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Daisy Downing; a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Pulley, Treece Kansas; two brothers, Ed Downing of Picher, and Ray Downing of Wichita Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Perry of Commerce and Mrs. Ethel Bolin of Wichita Kansas, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church in Commerce with the Rev. Arthur Hottel officiating. Burial was in the Baxter Springs Kansas cemetery.