Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, February 28, 2020 from 4-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama.

Survivors include his wife of fifty-one years, Shirley of Toledo; three children, Brian (Sarah) Downs of Monroe Center, IL, Mindy (Dru) Weidner of Iowa City, and Cristi (Joshua) Sales of Tama; seven grandchildren; siblings, Sonja (Lanny) Hoskey of Tama, Denise Downs (Robert Stocklose) of Rogers, AR, Tim (Pat) Downs of Tama, and Tom (Deb) Downs of Waterloo; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be directed to the Tama County Humane Society.