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Elsie Downing October 3, 1926-August 18, 2023

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Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 10:55

Elsie Katherine Downing, 96 of Prairie du Chien, WI, passed away peacefully after a short illness on Aug. 18, 2023 at Crossing Rivers Hospital in Prairie du Chien, WI.  She was born Oct. 3, 1926 to Joseph and Katherine (Vollman) Panka in Eastman Township. Elsie was united in marriage with Francis Wilford Downing on June 7, 1952 at St. Gabriels Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien, WI.

Throughout the years, Elsie enjoyed being a homemaker. She stayed busy canning, baking, gardening and tending to her flowers. In her your years she spent time fishing. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family and playing with her little grandchildren.

Surviving Elsie are her two daughters, Sally (LeRoy) Anderson of Janesville, WI, and Marlene Beyers of Tomah, Wisconsin; two sons, Joseph Downing of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and Bruce (Patty) Downing of Steuben, WI; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-eight great-grandchildren and fifteen great-great-grandchildren.

Elsie was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Downing; daughter, Janet Paulson; parents, Joseph and Katherine Panka; daughter-in-law, Brenda Downing; sister, Josephine Chronger and brother-in-law, Donald Chronger.There was a visitation from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a Funeral Service at 11 a.m. on Aug. 25 at Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Prairie du Chien, WI. 

A Burial will followed at Calvary Cemetery in Prairie du Chien, WI.

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