Clinton-Hamilton County OhArchives Obituaries.....Townsend, Jr., Horace R. "Bus" October 17, 2001
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From page 2 of the 19 Oct. 2001 issue of the Hillsboro, Ohio "Times Gazette", Col. 1.  
                           HORACE R. 'BUS' TOWNSEND, JR.
                                   1922 - 2001

           Horace R. 'Bus' Townsend, Jr., 79, of Wilmington, died at 8:40 a.m. 
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 in hospice care at the Wilmington Nursing and 
Rehabilitation Residence.
           He was born July 13, 1922 in Hamilton, the son of the late Horace 
R. Townsend, Sr. and Mary Hazard Townsend.
           He graduated in 1940 from North High School in Columbus and 
received a Bachelor's of Science and Agriculture from the Ohio State 
University in Columbus in 1946.  He received a Master's of Science in Teaching 
in 1972 from Colby College in Waterville, Maine and pursued further graduate 
studies in secondary school administration at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
          He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 976th and 26th Field 
Artillery Battalions and received the Purple Heart and Silver Star decorations.
          He was a lifelong farmer and educator.  He was also a supervisor of 
teachers for Highland County School District.  After teaching high school 
science for many years in Leesburg, he established their boy's golf team.
          He was a member of the Wilmington Friends Meeting and was an avid 
golfer and a longtime member of Snow Hill Country Club.
          He is survived by his wife Dr. June H. Townsend, of Wilmington, whom 
he married Sept. 7, 1947; sons and daughters-in-law, Horace Raymond 'Ray' 
(Connie) Townsend, of Wilmington, Thomas Lawrence (Mary) Townsend, of Dayton, 
and Christopher Randolph (Melissa) Townsend, of Marietta, Ga.; daughter, Timi 
Jane Townsend, of Hilliard; brother, Richard H. Townsend, of Wilmington; 
sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth (William) Pyson, of Sandusky; 
grandchildren, Jessica Ray Mastin, Abigail June Bills, Nick Townsend Wilson, 
Jason Townsend Wilson, Betsey Townsend, Anna Townsend, Grace Townsend, Kaleigh 
Townsend and Benjamin Townsend; and great grandchild, Erik Daniel Blair.
         In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, 
Esther Townsend Rader.
         Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001 at the 
Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington with Everett Bailey and David 
Brindle officiating.  Burial will be in the Martinsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery in 
Wilmington.
         Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
         Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton, 324 
Wilmington Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45420 or The National Parkinson Foundation 
Inc., Development Dept., c/o Marc Lichtman or Lois Heffernan, 1501 N. W. 9th 
Avenue, Miami, Fla., 33136-1494 (the National Parkinson's Foundation can also 
be contacted at http://www.parkinson.org/reqform.htm.)
          


Additional Comments:
A picture of 'Bus' Townsend, Jr. accompanies the obituary in the newspaper.


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