People

: Mildred Mae (Smith) Downey; She was born in Vernal, Utah to William E. “Ben” Smith and Jessie Smith, both originally from Colorado. Her father was a teamster and a mechanic with his own garage. Her mother was a homemaker. The 1920 US Census shows the family living in Riverton, Wyoming, when Mildred was 9. By 1930 the family had moved to Loma, Colorado. Mildred married Wilbur Eugene Downey in 1929. She was a housewife. During the 1960’s, she helped Wilbur run the Loma Store, a general store they owned in Loma. According to Leola Wiswell, Mildred would meet the train coming into town each day and transport the mail to the post office.