(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The funeral for the former owner of Bennison’s Bakery in Evanston was held on Thursday. Guy Downer died last week, the day before his 101st birthday.
Downer served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and bought the bakery from the Bennison family in 1967. He worked there for 50 years before retiring in 2017.
We didn’t have the pleasure of meeting Guy when we visited the bakery last year but Blaine Downer, wife of his grandson Guy Jr., told us he still stopped in often and didn’t play favorites with their baked goods…