The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

William K. Downs
Word has been received of the death Sunday of William K. DOWNS, 69, Bradenton, Fla.
He was the former co-owner of Lockridge Photography Studio in Rochester. In 1962 he
joined Keith Cole Studios in California and resided in Sunnyvale until 1974, when he directed the
firm’s expansion in Maryland and Florida. In Rochester, he was president of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Kiwanis Club.
Survivors includes his wife, Beverly [DOWNS], Bradenton, Fla.; two sons, William
Michael DOWNS, Kirkland, Wash., Gregory Allen DOWNS, Boca Raton, Fla.; one daughter,
Sandy MURPHY, Walnut Creek, Calif.; his father, William Joel DOWNS, Tucson, Ariz.; one
brother, Richard E. DOWNS, and three step-children. Services and burial will be in Bradenton,
Fla.
Thursday, May 23, 1996
Marcia E. Cloud
November 10, 1907 - May 22, 1996
Marcia E. CLOUD, 88, Rochester, died at 8:55 p.m. yesteday at Life Care Center,
Rochester. Born in Oxford to Oscar and Nettie JARVIS ELLSWORTH, she married Earl A.
CLOUD in 1930. She has been a resident of Rochester since 1944, having come here from
Benton Harbor, Mich. Preceding her in death are her husband, Earl A. Cloud; parents, Oscar and
Nettie Jarvis Ellsworth; and two brothers, John and Talmage [ELLSWORTH].
Surviving are three daughters, Mary Lou HUDKINS, North Little Rock, Ark., Earline
O’BLENIS and Wanda TOWNSEND, Rochester; one son, Earl “Bud” CLOUD and his wife
Jeannie, Rochester; two sisters Mary JAMES (her twin), Michigan City and Evelyn HARTMAN,
Benton Harbor, Mich.; one brothr, Edward ELLSWORTH and his wife Dorothy, St. Joseph,
Mich.; and fifteen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with the
Rev. Don BRENNEMAN officiating. Burial will be at the Richland Center Cemetery, seven
miles northwest of Rochester. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Friday and one
hour prior to the funeral service.
Charles G. Newman
August 29, 1915 - May 22, 1996
Charles G. NEWMAN, 80, Culver, died at 3:36 p.m. yesterday in Plymouth.
He was born in Culver, where he resided for 80 years, to John and May WARMBROD
NEWMAN. He was a member of Culver Grace United Church of Christ, the Indiana Holstein
Association, the National Holstein Association, past director of Marshall County Farm Bureau and
Marshall County Dairy Herd Improvement Association, AMPI Foremost Farms, Fulton-Marshall
County Co-op, and Marshall County Dairy Association. He was also coordinator for Recycling
Shavings from Young Door, Inc., Plymouth
He is preceded in death by his brother, J. Allen NEWMAN.
Surviving are two sisters, Lorvina N. WESSON, Culver and Helen SAMUELSON,
Plymouth; two brothers, Jesse D. NEWMAN, Culver and Herbert R. NEWMAN, Sr., Culver; and
fifteen nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Grace United Church of Christ, Culver, with
the Rev. Wayne McALLISTER officiating. Burial will take place Saturday in the Zion Cemetery,
Culver and visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. on Frday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Memorials can be made to Culver Grace United Church of Christ.