Jon R. Downer- Lamont

Jon R. Downer, 82, of Lamont, Iowa, died Friday morning, May 17, 2024, at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Home in Strawberry Point, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Grace United Methodist Church in Lamont, with Pastor Lisa Schroeder officiating.

Visitation: 4:00 to 7:00. P.M. Wednesday, May 22, 2024, and for one hour before the service on Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church in Lamont.
Interment: Union Cemetery, Putnam Township, rural Aurora, Iowa.

Condolences may be directed to the family at: 3486 30th Street, Lamont, Iowa 50650.

Fawcett-Schmitz Funeral Home in Winthrop is assisting the family.

Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Jon Richards Downer was born May 11, 1942, in Oelwein, Iowa, the son of Harold and Mary Maxine (Richards) Downer. In 1960, he graduated from Lamont High School. On January 25, 1964, he was united in marriage to Kaye Annette Reiling at Grace United Methodist Church in Lamont. This union was blessed with three children, Lisa, Gregory and Steven. Jon was a longtime farmer in the Lamont area. For many years he milked Holstein cows. He served on the AMPI Board and Arlington Coop Board. He was a proud member of the Lamont Coffee Shop Group and Grace United Methodist Church, both in Lamont. Jon enjoyed milking cows, checking crops, discussing farming machinery, traveling, short winters in California, going out to eat, music and most of all his family.

Jon is survived by his wife: Kaye Downer of Lamont; daughter: Lisa (Keith) Douglas of Byron, Minnesota; son: Greg (Katy) Downer of Lamont;
1 grandson: Carter Jon Downer of Lamont; 2 step grandchildren: Austin (Jenny) Bissell of Blaine, Minnesota and Dakotah Bissell (Michael Hursey) of Oelwein; 2 great grandchildren: Sterling and Rosalie Hursey; nephew: Jim Downer of Lamont; and 2 cousins: Jim Humphry of Omaha, Nebraska and Dave Humphry of Dallas, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Harold and Maxine Downer; son: Steve Downer on November 10, 2021; and brother: Dick Downer.