Obituary: William C. Townsend

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Townsend Funeral
   William C. Townsend Sr. of New Kensington, formerly of German Twp., died
yesterday in Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was 51.
   Born May 9, 1924 in German Twp., he was the son of Frank J. Townsend Sr. of New
Geneva and the late Elizabeth Rockwell Townsend who died in 1932.
   Mr. Townsend was employed with the Blawnox Steel Corp. for 25 years. He was a
World War II veteran having served with the U. S. Army, was a member of the First
Baptist Church of New Kensington, and was a resident of New Kensington since 1950.
   Surviving besides his father are his wife, Hilda L. Horn Townsend; two sons, William 
C. Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio and Robert Townsend, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Sharon
Peterson of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Connie Warmouth of Youngstown, Ohio, and Carol
Townsend, at home; five grandchildren ; three brothers, Frank Jr. of Uniontown, Vernon
of Columbia, Md., and Carl of Lebanon, N. J.; two sisters, Mrs. Becky Salser of Apollo
and Mrs. Esther Diamond of Masontown.
   Friends will be received at the Churchfield Funeral Home, New Kensington today and
Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. in the
Masontown Mennonite Church where funeral services will be conducted with Rev.
Richard H. Griffith, pastor of the New Kensington First Baptist Church, and Rev. Carl
Opel of the Masontown Mennonite Church officiating. Burial will  be in Greendale
Cemetery.

 Name Omitted In Death Notice
The name of Mrs. Em Kathryn (Collins) Townsend,  surviving step- mother of the late
William C. Townsend Sr., 51, formerly of German Twp. and a resident of New
Kensington, who died Wednesday, was inadvertantly omitted from a story which
appeared yesterday.