This memorial website was created in memory of our Mom. We miss her terribly and will remember her forever. We were all blessed to be able to move to Roseburg, Oregon this year and to live together and not too far from our Dad and our step-Mom. It allowed us all to get closer as a family. Jay and Teresa

From our Dad:
Mary Ann and I met while in college in Laramie, Wyoming in the early 1950’s and were married a couple of years later. She was finishing work on a degree in education. In fact, she taught a year of high school business before we moved to CA in 1957.

Her life in CA was full time homemaker and then mother. Her life revolved around raising a family, knitting, sewing, refinishing and recovering furniture, and yard work, always with perfection.

When Jay and Teresa were older, she took a job with an accounting firm. She advanced to a position of leadership, in processing data for four different unions.

Luckily she and I had a recent conversation and I was happy to agree that she accomplished the major role of raising our two children.

Mary Ann’s father had major health problems and Mary Ann inherited at least one of those.

In the end, we have to recognize that she knew Jesus for a good many years and that is a good way to go.  Jim Downey