TOPSHAM, Maine -- Dorothy C. Downing, 86, of Colburn Lane, died Tuesday, April 19, in her home. She was born in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 30, 1918, the daughter of Chauncey H. and Marion E. Newkirk Clements. She attended schools in New Haven and graduated from Connecticut College and Columbia School of Social Work.She worked briefly in Waterville, Maine, at the Home for Little Wanderers, and in Cincinnati. On Feb. 15, 1947, she married Morton F. Downing Jr. in New Haven. They moved to Vermont, where they raised their two children. Mrs. Downing returned to Maine in 1998. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brunswick, Maine, and the American Association of University Women.She is survived by a son, Mark Downing of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; a daughter, Donna Buck of Winthrop, Maine; and four grandchildren.In addition to her husband, she was also predeceased by a brother.Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Pleasant St. Brunswick, Maine, and Sunday, June 12, at 2 p.m., at Immanuel Church in Bellows Falls, Vt. There will be no visiting hours. Interment will be in Rockingham, Vt.Memorial donations in her memory may be made to The Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, ME 04011. Arrangements are by STETSON'S FUNERAL HOME, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, Maine.u