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Betty Jean Downs 1923 - 2012

Betty Jean Downs was born on February 22, 1923 in Tracy, Marion County, Iowa United States, and died at age 89 years old on March 18, 2012. Betty Downs was buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Section 2 Row G Site 266 10100 N. Horseshoe Bend Rd., in Boise, Id.

Betty Jean Downs
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February 22, 1923
Tracy, Marion County, Iowa, 50256, United States
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  • 02/22
    1923

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    February 22, 1923
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    Tracy, Marion County, Iowa 50256, United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Her parents, James Elias Huff and Verna Esther Andrew, we’re from Iowa and moved to Boise, Idaho. Her grandparents on her father’s side were Bartlet Jonathon Huff and Lewis Morris. He was a coal miner from Missouri and she was of celebrated stock from New England. The Huffs derived from Germany through Virginia and Missouri and married into a prominent Millsaps line from Northern Ireland. Lewa Morris was the granddaughter of Elias Wallace Starr of the prominent Starr family of New England. He was a descendant of Dr. Comfort Starr who came to America on the Mayflower in 1634. His son and our direct descendant, John Starr, came over on the Hercules later. They originated in Kent, England, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. John Starr married Martha Bunker whose father, John Bunker, purchased Bunker Hill of Revolutionary War fame. The family had moved away by the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Bunkers were from Bedfordshire, England.

  • Nationality & Locations

    She was a US citizen born in Tracy, Marion, Iowa and raised in Boise, Ada, Idaho. She lived there until she married John Winston Downs after he returned from World War II. She followed her husband to all his assignments.

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    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: LT COL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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    March 18, 2012
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    Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Section 2 Row G Site 266 10100 N. Horseshoe Bend Rd., in Boise, Id 83714
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