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Bessie Anna <I>Cox</I> Downey

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Bessie Anna Cox Downey

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
10 Dec 1956 (aged 83)
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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-age 83 years
-died at her residence, 138 Long Hill Rd., Wallingford
-resided in Wallingford since childhood
-parishioner of Holy Trinity Church
-survived by her husband, James A. Downey; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Ferriere and Miss Helen Downey, both of Wallingford; three sons, Morton Downey, George Downey of Hartford and Edward Downey of Hamden; and a brother, Edward Cox of Wallingford

Her son, Morton Downey, achieved fame as a singer in night clubs, on radio and television and in other areas of the entertainment world. He now lives in New York City.

Services will be held from the funeral home on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. and then in Holy Trinity Church at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of the J. W. Fitzgerald & Son Funeral Home, 209 Center St., Wallingford, Connecticut.


taken from the New York Times, Dec. 12, 1956, page 39 and the Meriden Record, Wed., Dec. 12, 1956, page 19

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-age 83 years
-died at her residence, 138 Long Hill Rd., Wallingford
-resided in Wallingford since childhood
-parishioner of Holy Trinity Church
-survived by her husband, James A. Downey; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Ferriere and Miss Helen Downey, both of Wallingford; three sons, Morton Downey, George Downey of Hartford and Edward Downey of Hamden; and a brother, Edward Cox of Wallingford

Her son, Morton Downey, achieved fame as a singer in night clubs, on radio and television and in other areas of the entertainment world. He now lives in New York City.

Services will be held from the funeral home on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. and then in Holy Trinity Church at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of the J. W. Fitzgerald & Son Funeral Home, 209 Center St., Wallingford, Connecticut.


taken from the New York Times, Dec. 12, 1956, page 39 and the Meriden Record, Wed., Dec. 12, 1956, page 19

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