Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Frank W. 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net April 15, 2011, 10:48 am Ionia Daily Sentinel, 19 Jun 1947 Frank W. Townsend, 85, died at his home in North Plains township Wednesday noon after a short illness. He was born in New York State December 2, 1861, but has lived most of his life in Lyons township. He was one of the county’s pioneer lumbermen and was formerly Lyons township road commissioner for many years. His wife died October 1946. Surviving him are two sons, Frank and Claude at home; one daughter, Mrs. Hector Gee of Muir; seven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; one brother, Fred of Lyons; and one sister, Mrs. Homer Gee of Lansing. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at Muir Presbyterian church with Dr. Paul Stewart officiating. Interment will be in Lyons cemetery. His bearers will be his nephews, Albert Townsend, Harry Townsend, Elmer Wood, Howard Townsend, Maxwell Townsend and Dale Townsend. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/townsend11431nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb