Dolores Marie "Dee" Downey
Marriages
Roy Downey - December 1, 1955
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - March 29, 2023
Dee Downey passed away
at HopeWest on March 22,
2023, at the age of 87. Dee
was born to Rex and Marie
White on April 3, 1935. She
married Hubbert Shoffner
Jr. and later divorced. She
married Roy Downey on December 1, 1955, in Fruita,
Colorado.
Dee graduated from Fruita Union High School. As a
teenager she packed peaches. She worked for Ma Bell
until she married Roy. She held a variety of other jobs.
Dee enjoyed traveling, she and Roy visited all 50 states;
she also traveled abroad. Dee volunteered with Meals
on Wheels and at the Fruita Thrift Shop. Dee enjoyed
thrift store shopping, gardening, reading and visiting
her family and friends.
Dee is survived by her daughter, Linda Brackelsberg;
son, LaVerne Downey and his wife, Doris; daughter,
Cindy Downey-Day and her husband, Mark; son, Ken
Downey and his wife, Bonnie; 8 grandchildren, Eric
Downey and Michael Mattivi, Cory Brackelsberg,
Mindy Brackelsberg, Josh Brackelsberg, LeeAnn
Downey and Brian Wiley; Chantill Garn and her
husband, Dan; Ben Downey and his wife Kori; Cassie
Downey-Roscoe and her husband, Marshall; 5 great
grandchildren, Connor Murphy, Caleb Garn, EmaMarie
Garn, Kennedy Downey, Constance(CJ) Downey. Dee
is also survived by her sister, Bernadine Sherman and
her husband, Al; her brother, Leroy Foree and his wife
Bonnie; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and their
families.
Dee was preceded in death by her husband, Roy; her
parents; her dad, Howard Foree; her brother, Donnie;
sister, Jean; sister, Pat and her daughter Brenda.
The family would like to thank Grand Villa for
providing a comfortable home and caring staff during
her stay and to HopeWest for the dignity, compassion
and care given Dee and her family during her final
hours. No services are planned. In her honor, take time
to stop and smell the roses and hug your loved ones
often.