Richard + TOWNSEND, Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence + KRAATZ, Mary Loraine. Mary (daughter of KRAATZ, Frederick William and WIEGAND, Helen Rose) was born on 2 Jul 1917; died on 20 Feb 2005 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; was buried on 23 Feb 2005 in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary L. Townsend - Buffalo News 2/22/2005
Passed away February 20, 2005, predeceased by her husband's Clarence A. Townsend and Leslie Myers; mother of Richard (Shriley) Townsend, Bruce (Patricia) Townsend, Donald Townsend, Roger (Shriley) Townsend, Douglas (Marty) Townsend, Mary (Gordon) Bessinger, Dorothy (John) Ramming, Clarence (Ron Silverio) Townsend, Ruth Anne (David) LaPort, Jane (Rick) Dent and the late Ronald Townsend; grandmother of 26 and great-grandmother of 28; sister of Douglas (Jo) Kraatz, Walter (Ginny) Kraatz, William (Doris) Kraatz, Helen (Mario) Rabozzi, Irene Snedeker, David (Beth) Kraats and the late Joseph and Donald Kraatz; also survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 at PRUDDEN & KANDT FUNERAL HOME, 242 Genesee St., Lockport where prayers will be offered Thursday at 9:30 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM to be celebrated in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 5 Saxton St., Lockport. Interment will be in North Ridge Cemetery. Memorials to the American Cancer Society, 101 John J. Audubon Pkwy., Amherst, Erie County, NY 14228-1198 would be appreciated by the family.

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Niagara Gazette - 12/17/1962

SANBORN—Edgar J. Stuart
Townsend, 77, of 2970 Saunders
Settlement Road, died
Sunday (Dec. 16, 1962) at Niagara
Falls Memorial Hospital;
after an illness of two years.
A resident of Sanbom for
35 years, Mr. Townsend was
born in the Town of Lockport,
Sept. 21 1885, son of Morris
and Emily Wallace Townsend.
He operated furms in various
sections of the county during
his early life. Then, for 30
years, he had been employed
by the State Highway Department,
retiring about two years
ago.
His wife, the former Berth
Reed, died in 1955.
Mr. Townsend was a member
of St. Luke's Episcopal
Church in Brockport.
Surviving are four sons,
Clarence A. Townsend, Lockport,
Donald E. Townsend,
Niagara Falls, Raymond W.
Townsend, North Ridge, and
Wilson R..Townsend, Sanborn;
a daughter, Miss Helen M.
Townsend, S a n b o r n ; two
brothers Clarence M. Townsend,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.;
and William Townsend, Niagara
Falls; three sisters, Mrs.
Marian Williams and Mrs.
Berta Simpkins, both of Niagara
Falls, and Mrs. Florence
Hemline, Darlen Center; 21
grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
Friends may call at the Pike
and Jones Fur.eral Home after
2 p.m. A service will be
conducted at the funeral
home at 1 p.m. Wednesday by
Rev. John E. Wickenden of
Epiphany Episcopal Church,
Niagara Falls; Burial will be
in North Ridge Cemetery

Edgar married REED, Bertha E on 16 Oct 1907 in West Sweden, Monroe County, NY. Bertha (daughter of REED, Albert and JONES, Clarissa) was born on 22 Jan 1888 in Ogden, Monroe County, NY; died on 25 Jul 1955 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/26/1955

Mrs Edgar Townsend Did
After Extended Illness
SANBORN, July 26—Mrs. Edgar
J. Townsend, 67, of Saundert
Settlement Rd., died yesterday (July
25, 1955) in Lockport City Hospital
after an extended illness.
She was born in the Town of
Ogden, Monroe County, on Jan.
22, 1888, daughter of the late
Albert and Carrie Reed. After
her marriage, she lived in Brockport
for eight years. She was a
member of St. Luke's Episcopal
Church there.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by four sons, Donald
Townsend, Niagara Falls, Clarence
A. Townsend, Lockport, Raymond
Townsend, North Ridge, and Wilson
Townsend, at home; a daughter,
Miss Helen M. Townsend, at
home; and a sister, Mrs. G. A.
Hiam, Niagara Falls.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday at the Pike Funeral
home. Burial will be in North
Ridge Cemetery.

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Niagara Gazette - 10/21/1952

SANBORN, Oct. 21—Miss Helen
Townsend entertained at a family
dinner party at Lyon's Tea room
in honor of the Forty-fifth wedding
anniversary of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Townsend, Townline
road. The table was centered with a
tiered wedding cake. Appropriate
music was played on the organ during
the dinner and "Oh Promise
Me," was sung by the soloist.
Mrs. Townsend wore a corsage of
mums and Mr. Townsend a carnation
bouttonaire presented by their
eldest son, Clarence, and his wife.
Edgar Townsend. formerly of
Cambria Center, and the former
Bertha Reed, West Sweden, were
united in. marriage, October 16, 1907
at the home of the bride, by the
Rev. W. H. G. Lewis, who was rector
of St. Luke's Episcopal church,
Brockport, of which both were members,

The bride was attended by her sister.
Mrs. Gilbert Hiam, Pekin, as
maid pi honor and Mrs. Otto Hemline,
Darian Center, sister of the
bridegroom, as ring bearer. Clarence
M. Townsend, Town of Niagara,
was his brother's best man. The
wedding music was played by John
Liese, Rochester a cousin of Mrs.
Townsend. The couple made their
home in Brockport moving to Niagara
county in 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. Townsend are the
parents of four sons, Clarence A.,
Lockport: Donald, Niagara Falls;
Raymond, Cambria Center and Wilson,
Sanborn, and one daughter,
Helen, who resides with her parents.
They also have 19 grandchildren.

Frederick married WIEGAND, Helen Rose on 14 Sep 1916 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. Helen (daughter of WIEGAND, William A and MCQUADE, Mary) was born on 17 Feb 1897 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA; died on 2 Apr 1981 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]