Louise Mae Downing

Louise Mae (Alley) Downing, 74 of Middletown, RI, passed peacefully at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of Gerard M. Downing who she married on August 31, 1957.Born on November 7, 1938 in Everett, MA she was the daughter of the late Walter Bishop Alley and Leola (Adams) Alley.She was a graduate of East Providence High School and worked at the Providence Journal and the Newport Daily News. She loved horseback riding and vacationing in Maine, NC, and FL with her family. Besides her husband Gerard, she is survived by her children, Gerard M. Downing, III and his wife Kim, Steven B. Downing and his wife Stacey, Jill M. Hubbard and her husband Leonard, Peter W. Downing and his wife Sarah, and her former son-in-law Francis Holbrook.Louise was the grandmother of Joshua and Zachary Downing, Emma and Eliza Downing, Jacqueline Holbrook Wilkinson and Frankie Holbrook II, Hope and Steven Downing. She also leaves her sisters Joanne McChrystal of Stuart, FL and Kathleen Roscoe of Chelmsford, MA.Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, from 4-7pm in the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport.Her funeral will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 10am, in Trinity Church, Queen Anne Square, Newport. Burial will follow in Newport Memorial Park, Howland Avenue, Middletown, RI.In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: the woundedwarriorproject.org. The family would like to thank the VNA, Clinical IV, Care Point Partners and Jorge Albina, MD and his wonderful team at Rhode Island Hospital.My life on earth was very good as earthly life can go, but paradise is so much more than anyone can know. Cemetery Details Newport Memorial Park Vaucluse Avenue Middletown, RI, Visitation OCT 9. 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM Memorial Funeral Home 375 Broadway Newport, RI, US, 02840 info@memorialfuneralhome.com http://www.memorialfuneralhome.com Service OCT 10. 10:00 AM Trinity Episcopal Church 1 Queen Anne Square Newport, RI, US