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Ray Leon Dowden

17 Dec 1891 – 9 Sep 1930

Birth	17 Dec 1891
Death	9 Sep 1930
Cemetery	Blair Cemetery Blair , Washington County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	MrsB on 16 Sep 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114362068

Bio

Pilot Tribune Thursday, September 11, 1930 Ray Dowden, son of Mrs. George Dowden of this city, died at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tuesday morning following but a short illness. The body will be brought to Blair for burial. Funeral services have not been announced pending the arrival of the body. ~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~ ******** Ray was born December 17, 1891 in Gothenburg, Nebraska. When World War I came around, this short, slender young man applied for an exemption from active duty, saying he wanted to serve in a civil capacity overseas, because he was totally deaf in one ear, and was convinced he had a heart condition. At the time he was employed by the Pensacola Oil Company out of Oklahoma City as a "traveling solicitor" for oil. The clerk noted the deafness, and the heart concern, but Ray did in fact serve in the military in WWI, according to his Veteran records.

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Family

Parents

• James A. Dowden 1850–1919
• Harriett Matilda "Hattie" Fair Dowden 1854–1941

Spouse

• Mabel Mae Murphy Porter 1903–? FaG

Siblings

• Evalina Dowden Treffer 1874–1942
• George Roy Dowden 1880–1932
• Rosemary May "Rosie" Dowden Peak 1889–1937

Children

• Geraldine Ann Dowden Downing 1921–1981 FaG
• Donald A Porter 1922–1991 FaG

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