Myrtle Kristina Downing

Downing, Myrtle Kristina age ninety four, passed away on November 28th in Sun City, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. T. (Ted) Downing, their son, Craig, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Trukken of Storm Lake, Iowa. She is survived by her sister, Junella Coverdale of Greenbrae, California, her two daughters, Jane Downing of San Rafael, California, and Marolyn D. Charpentier of Mouleydier, France, and two grandchildren: Ben Leach of Minneapolis and Julia Leach of New York. Burial took place in the Sunland Cemetery on November 30th in Sun City. Myrtle Downing is remembered by many for her work on both the UN Rally committee in Minneapolis and the Protestant Center board. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, and during the 1960's she organized a clothing bank, collecting warm clothing for foreign students at the University of Minnesota. From her years as a young teacher in north western Iowa through three decades of ecumenical church work in Minneapolis, many lives were touched by her kind ways and giving spirit.
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.