4AA.  Jacqueline Frances Gilbert was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday, January 29, 1927. Edward A. Currier was born on Tuesday, March 4, 1924. They were married on Friday, June 4, 1948. She took the name Jacqueline Frances Currier. She is the daughter of Raymond Cecil Gilbert and Thelma Perrine Gilbert. They had no children.

Her second marriage was to Charles Arthur Downer in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA, on Friday, May 30, 1952. She took the name Jacqueline Frances Downer. He was born in the Dakotas on Saturday, November 26, 1921, and died in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA, on September 13, 1988. He was called Chuck. He died of cancer. He is the son of Otto and Gertrude (Pulver) Downer. They had two children:

i. Diane Downer [#4AAA]: She was born in Kalamazoo on October 23, 1953, and died in Pensacola, Florida, USA, on May 17, 2007.
ii. Denise Downer [#4AAB]: She was born in Kalamazoo on August 7, 1961.


Chuck & Jackie's Wedding Day

Jackie, 1982
Jackie worked for over 30 years in a doctors' office as a medical assistant, a bookkeeper, and an office manager. She loves to travel and spends a week annually at a time-shared condominium she bought into on Cancún, an island on the east side of the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Jackie is also an avid reader, movie connoisseur, bridge enthusiast, cat lover, and enjoys music from country and western to light classical.

Jackie is very handy with tools and enjoys doing home repairs and improvements, inside and out, including electrical, flooring, painting, masonry, etc. A parttime job at Home Depot used her skills and experience and gave her a discount on supplies and materials.

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