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            [June 23, 2017] 
            
            		
            		
            		LINCOLN - William "Bill" P. Downs, 85, 
			of Lincoln passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 530 a.m. at 
			Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.   | 
						
						
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							 Graveside Service:
							Saturday, June 24, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Zion 
							Cemetery in Lincoln 
							
							Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln      
							Obituary 
							William P. "Bill" Downs, 85, of Lincoln, passed away 
							at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Memorial 
							Medical Center in Springfield. 
							 
							Graveside services for Mr. Downs will be held on 
							Saturday, June 24, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Zion 
							Cemetery in Lincoln. Rev. Charles Olander will 
							officiate. 
							 
							William Paul Downs was born December 24, 1931, in 
							Lincoln, the son of Marshall and LaVeta Buesking 
							Downs. He married Betty Jo Sheley. She preceded him 
							in death. 
							 
							Bill was a graduate of Lincoln Community High School 
							and served in the United States Army. He had been 
							employed by CILCO as a tree trimmer.  | 
							
							 
                
                  
							Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church in 
							Lincoln. 
							 
							Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley 
							Funeral Home of Lincoln. 
							 
            
            				
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