Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Beatrice B. (Gillispie) June 29, 1995 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net November 26, 2020, 3:25 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-July, 1995 BEATRICE B. TOWNSEND Muir - Beatrice B. Townsend, 78, of Chippewa lake, formerly of Muir and Ionia, died Thursday, June 29, 1995, at the Ionia Memorial Hospital. She was born June 7, 1917, in Pewamo, the daughter of Frank Gillispie and Rose Whitten. She graduated from DeWitt High School. She was a cook working for the lunch room at the former Ypsilanti-Reed factory and then owned and operated the Hi- Way grill in Muir. She married Harry Townsend in Ionia on Oct. 31, 1941. She is survived by her husband, Harry, of Chippewa lake. She was preceded in death by two sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 3, 1995, at Hull Memorial Chapel. the Rev. Robert Jourdan, of North Plains Community Church, will officiate. Burial will be in North Plains cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday from 2-4 p.m and from 7-9 p.m. at the chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/townsend39092nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb