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Gail M. Flay, of Sanborn, NY, peacefully went to the Lord after a long illness on Saturday, September 5, 2015, under the comfort of her husband and son by her side, in Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Springville, NY,
She was born June 15, 1940, in Niagara Falls, New York, daughter of the late Wilson "Bud" and Marie E. [Warner] Townsend.

She was a 1958 graduate of Wilson High School and Trott Vocational Nursing School.
Gail was a private woman who devoted her entire life to the care of others. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse with a career spanning over two decades serving hospitals in Ransomville, Niagara Falls, and Oneida and was active in private duty and on call nursing services as well. She retired in 1985 to care for her young son.
She tirelessly served the Lord her entire life, being active in churches in western New York, Redeemer Lutheran, Oneida, NY, and its successor, Grace Lutheran, Canastota, NY, where she also taught Sunday School.
She enjoyed numerous hobbies to include reading and cooking being at her families cabin in the Adirondacks, but most importantly, cherished her time spent with her family and friends.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years Charles J. Flay, Sr., they were united in marriage on June 2, 1962 in Cambria, NY, three sons, Charles J. (Cris) Flay, Jr. of Ronda, NC, John C. (Kathy) Flay of Dallas, TX and Jason C. Flay of Lexington, KY. three grandsons, Charles J. "Buddy" Flay, III, Daniel C. Flay, and "Beau" Hunter Flay, two brothers, Gary (Chris) Townsend and Gerald (Cynthia) Townsend, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

Her family will be present on Wednesday from 2-4 & 6-8 PM at the RHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 5893 Hoover Road, SANBORN, NY. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 AM at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, 6630 Luther Street, Niagara Falls, NY, with Rev. Philip N. Sallach officiating.

The entire Flay family would like to extend a special thank you to the dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Bertrand Chaffee Hospital for the exceptional final care rendered towards mom.

Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, 6630 Luther Street, Niagara Falls, New York 14304, Sanborn Area Historical Society, 2822 Niagara Street, Sanborn, New York 14132 or to Hospice of Buffalo, 225 Como Park Boulevard, Cheektowaga, New York 14227.
Internment in Holy Ghost Cemetery, Bergholz, New York.
Visit www.rhoneyfuneralhome.com, for guest register.

Gail married FLAY, Charles James on 2 Jun 1962 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Charles (son of FLAY, Frank Leroy and LITTLE, Bernice Ann) was born on 14 Feb 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Jun 2023 in Elkin, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/14/1962

SANBORN-Miss Gail Marie Townsend, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson R. Townsend, Townline
Road, to Charles J. Flay-IV, Oneida, son-of Mr. &
Mrs. Frank L. Flay Sr., McKoon Avenue, Niagara
Falls.
Miss Townsend, a Wilson Central School and
Trott Vocational School of Practical Nursing graduate,
is on the staff of Memorial Hospital. Mr. Flay,
Niagara Falls High School graduate, is employed by
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
A June wedding is planned.

1. FLAY, Charles James Jr was born on 9 Apr 1913 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; and died.
2. FLAY, Jason C
3. FLAY, John Clark

Wilson married WARNER, Marie E on 6 Apr 1940 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. Marie (daughter of WARNER, Robert and HAXTON, Ethel L) was born on 12 Sep 1922 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Dec 2011 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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December 30, 2011
Marie E. Townsend

Niagara Gazette

SANBORN — Marie E. Townsend, a lifelong resident of Sanborn, NY, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2011, at her home under the care of her family and Niagara Hospice. She was born in Sanborn, on September 12, 1922, the daughter of the late Robert and Ethel (Haxton) Warner.

Mrs. Townsend served with the Red Cross during World War II. She was employed with Harrison Radiator in Lockport for 25 years, before retiring in 1973. Mrs. Townsend was a member of the former Sanborn United Methodist Church, the Rebekah Lodge, the Sanborn Friendship Club and the Sanborn Historical Society. She enjoyed wood carving, baking, sewing and knitting.

Mrs. Townsend was the wife of the late Wilson R. Townsend, who died in November of 1986. She is survived by two sons, Gary W. (Chris) Townsend of Sanborn and Gerald D. (Cindy) Townsend of Youngstown, NY; one daughter, Gail M. (Charles) Flay of Vernon, NY; one brother, Robert Warner of Sanborn; also ten grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Townsend was the sister of the late Wesley Warner and Dorothy Thompson.

The family will be present on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at the RHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 5893 Hoover Road, SANBORN, NY, where funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 AM, with the Rev. John Timmerman officiating. Memorials may be made in her name to the Sanborn Historical Society or to Niagara Hospice. Interment at Mount View Cemetery, Town of Cambria, NY.

Visit www.rhoneyfuneralhome.com for guest register.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/18/1940

SANBORN, April 10 - Mrs. Ethel
Warner, of Sanborn wishes to an-
nounce the marriage of her young-
est daughter, Marie, to Mr. Wilson
R. Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Townsend of the Town Line
road, Sanborn.
The wedding took place at the
parsonage of the Rev. Mr. Franklin
in Wilson on April 6, at 4 p.m.

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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.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/16/1936

SANBORN, Oct. 16.-Funeral servlces
for Robert Warner, 58, well
known Sanborn blacksmith, who died
suddenly at his home In Pine street
yesterday of heart disease, will be
held from the family home tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The
Rev, F. L. Harburn, pastor of the Sanbom
Methodist church, will officiate.
Interment will be in Mountain View
cemetery, Pekln,
Mr. Warner was born in Attica. N.
Y., but had resided in this vicinity
almost all his life. He was formerly
associated with the late William
Richardson in the blacksmith business
and for the past 20 years had
operated a shop of his own in Griffin
street.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
two sons, Robert E. and Wesley; two
daughters, Dorothy and Marie, all at
home; one brother, Joseph Warner,
of Black well. Oklahoma, and one sister,
Frace McRae, of Detroit, Mich.

Robert married HAXTON, Ethel L on 29 May 1915 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Ethel (daughter of HEXTON, John and Sarah) was born on 25 Oct 1885 in Oakfield, Genesee County, NY; died on 10 Nov 1952 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 11/12/1952

SANBORN, Nov. 12-An active
member of various organizations,
Mrs. Ethel Warner, 67, died of. a
heart attack Monday at her home
in this village.
Born October 25, 1885, at Oak
Field,she was the daughter of the
late John and Sarah Hexton. She
was past noble grand of Sanborn Rebekah
lodge and a member of Sanborn
Methodist church.
Surviving are two sons, Wesley
and Robert, Sanborn; two daughters,
Mrs. James Thompson, Lockport,
and Mrs. Wilson Townsend, Sanborn;
two sisters and three brothers
Mrs. Edna Keegan, Mrs. Albert
Schueneman, Ray; Flody and La-
Vern Hexton, all of Buffalo.
Services will be held tomorrow at
2:30 pjn. at the Pike Funeral home
with burial in Mt View cemetery,
Pekin.

Morris married STUART, Emily Florence Wallace about 1887. Emily was born on 1 Jan 1863 in Isle of Man, England; was christened on 8 Jan 1865 in Saint John the Baptist, Kirk German, Isle of Man, England; died on 10 Jul 1940 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married JONES, Clarissa about 1872. Clarissa (daughter of JONES, Philo) was born in Sep 1843 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph + KRAMER, Eliza. Eliza was born about 1850 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]