Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Velma (Sherd) 2002
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2002

Velma Townsend, 86, of Carson City, formerly of Belding, passed away Monday, 
Nov. 25, 2002 at the Laurels of Fulton Nursing Home in Middleton.  Velma was 
born Aug. 20, 1916 in Sheridan to Leslie and Mildred (Hanchett) Sherd.  She had 
been a longtime resident of Belding, and was a member of the VFW Post 5065 
Ladies Auxiliary of Sheridan and the Green Corners Baptist Church.

Velma is survived by two daughters, Phyllis (Marvin) Wiles of Carson City, and 
Linda (Steven) Foote of Greenville; four grandchildren, Jeff Wiles and Scott 
(Wendy) Wiles, both of Carson City, Cortland (Jennifer Skoog) of Ionia and 
Tracy (Rebecca) Sawdy of Sheridan; one sister, Betty (Richard) Harriman of 
Fenwick; three brothers, Gerald Sherd and Ronald (Mary) Sherd, both of 
Sheridan, Harland (Darlene) Sherd of Greenville; one brother-in-law, Ralph 
Field, of Edmore; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Dorothy Field; and four 
brothers, Joseph, Robert, Harold and Duane Sherd.

Visitation is 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the Stebbins & Simpson Funeral 
Home, Sheridan.  Pastor Wayne Otto of the Heartland Community Church will be 
officiating.  Interment at Palo Cemetery, Palo.  The family suggests memorial 
contributions to the VFW Post 5065 Ladies Auxiliary at Sheridan.


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