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Millicent M. Downing

Millicent Mildred Downing, 96, of Columbia City, IN, and a native of Huntington, IN, died Monday, June 6, 2016, at 3:35 a.m. at North Woods Village, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Downing graduated from Columbia City High School in 1937. She had worked at Schultz Brothers Department Store for 26 years, and had also worked at Ames Department Store and the Columbia City Walmart.

She was a member of the Coesse United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, I-NE-A-BI Home Extension Club and the Blue Lites Auxiliary of the Union Township Volunteer Fire Department at Coesse.

She was born Oct. 21, 1919, in Huntington to Dore and Nellie Howenstein Kitt. She married Carl Fremont Downing on June 26, 1938, and he preceded her in death in 1974.

Survivors include a son, Carl Wayne (Lois Ann) Downing, of Columbia City; a daughter, Karen Sue Schultis, of Phoenix, AZ; four grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Calling is Wednesday, June 8, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. A service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Kevin Ousley and Chaplain Forrest Tabor officiating. Burial will be at Union Township Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to Heartland Hospice.

Online condolences may be made at www.demoneygrimes.com.