Helen Marie Downie

Saratoga Springs, NY ~ Helen Marie Miller Downie, 85, of Bealeton, VA, died Thursday, October 16, 2003 in Saratoga Hospital. A native of Lima, OH, Mrs. Downie was a daughter of the late Walter Charles Miller and Nora Ann Roeder Miller. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Eldon Roeder Miller, who died in 1998. Mrs. Downie taught home economics before marriage. She served on the Missions Committee of Arden Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, and the board of Young Life. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, John Whidden Downie of Bealeton, VA; three daughters, Mary Louise Downey Short of Etowah, Elizabeth Ann Downie Post of Saratoga Springs, NY and Deborah Lee Downie Ponder of Greenville, SC; four sons, Frederick Walter Downie of Cazenovia, NY, James Graham Downie of Herndon, VA, Thomas Miller Downie of Arlington, VA and David Timothy Downie of Asheville; 23 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mary Margaret Miller Rudolph of Lima, OH. A funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road with Rev. Ed Graham and Charles D. Martin officiating. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum at Lewis Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, PO Box 779, Minneapolis, MN 55480.