Obit: Olive (Townsend) Berkshire

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This obituary come from an unknown paper. It was cut out and put into a photo album by its original owner, who gave them to me in 1997. It is a copy of the original with no corrections to its spelling or punctuation. I have changed the format to fit it onto 1 page. 

BERKSHIRE, OLIVE TOWNSEND  Age 87 years of Orrville, Ohio, R.D. 1, formerly of Masontown, R.D., died Wednesday, August 15, 1973 in Hanover House Nursing Home, Massilion, Ohio. She was, born in Masontown on April 11, 1886 and was the daughter of the late William and Rebecca Johnson Townsend. She was a member of the SmithvilIe Mennonite Church, Ohio. Surviving is her husband, Lloyd Berkshire; three sons, J. L. Berkshire, Akron, Ohio, Eugene and James, both of Orrville, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Mable) Hartman, Wooster, Ohio, Mrs. Kermit (Margaret) Thomas, Johnstown, and Betty Berkshire, at home; fourteen grandchildren; four great grandchildren; three brothers, George Townsend, and Harry N. Townsend, both of Masontown, and Frank Townsend, New Geneva; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha McCann, Masontown, and Mrs. Zetta Honsaker, Pittsburgh. She was predeceased by two daughters, a brother, and four sisters. Friends will be received in the Grant R. Townsend Funeral Home, Masontown, Saturday 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 12 noon and in the Mason- town Mennonite Church from 1 to 2 p.m. the hour of service. Rev. Paul Roth will officiate. Interment in Church Cemetery.