Thomas Wayne Downey Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Thomas Wayne Downey (New Haven, Connecticut), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, who passed away on March 11, 2021, at the age of 86, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Thomas Downey and Mildred Downey; his children, Psychoanalysis and Analyst; his wife Joan; his daughters, Sharon Panetta (Joe) and Susan Heston (Bill); his grandchildren, Hailey, Kaelan, Brook and Blake Heston; his sisters, Patricia Downey, Pamela Dodge (Tony) and Deborah Afasano (Ray); his son T. Lincoln Downey; his brother Richard Downey; and also, Lois and Harry Lutz. He was also cherished by six nephews.
Wayne recently commented that he came to Medical School in the time of the Polio epidemic and retired from Medical Psychoanalytic Practice during the Covid 19 pandemic.(Polioviruses and Flies: Studies On The Epidemiology of Enteroviruses In An Urban Area, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine, T. Wayne Downey,'63).
