Edward married TOWNSEND, Marlene Ruth on 14 Jan 1967 in Kenmore, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/15/1967

A FLOOR LENGTH gown of light ivory
colored Italian silk and Alencon lace was
selected by Miss Marlene Townsend, 546 18th
St., this city, for her marriage Saturday (Jan.
14, 1967) to Edward M. Courtenay of 4 Southwood
Drive, Kenmore.
The double-ring ceremony was held at St.
Andrew's Church. Kenmore, at 11 a.m.
The bride is the daughter of Donald E.
Townsend, 1406 101st St., and the late Mrs.
Townsend. .Mr. Courtenay is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Courtenay.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride's
gown was designed with a modified empire
bodice, elbow sleeves and a detachable chapel
length train with scroll's of beaded lace appliques.
A bead-encrusted crown of matching lace
caught her bouffant ve:l and she carried a
pink rose and crystal rosary on a white missal.
* . • •
MRS. WILLIAM CLAYTON, . Macedon.
N.Y., was matron of honor. Her sown of rose
crepe was styled with a modified A-line .skirt
featuring a watteau back. A matching bow
held her butterfly veil and she carried a cascade
bouquet of pink carnations and pompons.
Mrs. Patrica Hoffman, Sanborn, bridesmaid,
wore a similar gown in pink and carried
rose colored flowers. Catherine Townsend,
niece of the bride, was flower girl. She was
dressed in pink and carried a basket of
assorted pink and rose flowers.
Dennis Hrusa, Lancaster, was best man,
and Francis Boutet, Kenmore, was usher.
A dinner and reception were held at the
Continental Inn after the ceremony.
After a wedding trip'to Nassau, Mr. and
Mrs. Courtenay will make their home at 4
Southwood Drive, Kenmore.

Donald + STRASSBURG, Wilhelmina A. Wilhelmina (daughter of STRASSBURG, Amos Heinrich Wilhelm and BOMM, Louisa) was born in 1909 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Sep 1951 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/24/1951

TOWNSEND—Suddenly at her home,
630-25th S t . S e p t 23. 1951. Wllhelmina
A. Townsend. age 42. Wife of Donaid.
Mother of Marlene. Robert, Edgar ;
and Janette. Sister of Mrs. Albert
Batt of North Tonawanda and Harvey
Strassburg of Lockport. Funeral ser-
vice will be h e ld at Freithold Funeral
Home. 1241 Oliver St.. N . Tonawanda.
Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Paul
J. Hartenberger will officiate. Interment
in St. Marks Lutheran cemetery.

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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:

26 June 1943 Evening News of the Tonawandas
N. T. Man Stricken, Dies at DeGraff
Henry W. Strassburg, 64, of 83 Felton street, died suddenly last night in the DeGraff Memorial hospital. He was in the yard at his home when he was stricken with a heart attack. A North Tonawanda police ambulance removed him to the hospital at 9 o'clock. He died there 20 minutes later. A month prior he sustained a slight paralytic stroke.
Born in the town of Wheatfield, Mr. Strassburg had resided in this vicinity all his life. In recent years he had resided at the Felton street address.
Surviving are a son, Corp. Harvey Strassburg of Camp Cook, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Albert Batt and Mrs. Donald Townsend of North Tonawanda; nine grandchildren, four brothers, John and Christian of North Tonawanda and Philip and William of Sanborn, and six sisters, Mrs. George Pfanner of Tonawanda, Mrs. William Strassburg of Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Herman Mielke, Mrs. Edward Wendt and Mrs. Fred VanDeWater of Sanborn and Mrs. Louis Horaeck of Rochester, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the residence and at 4 o'clock from St. Mark's Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul Fretthold will officiate and interment will be in St. Mark's cemetery.

Amos married BOMM, Louisa about 1901 in Niagara County, NY. Louisa (daughter of BOMM, William and EGGERT, Wilhelmina) was born in Nov 1876 in New York; died in 1940 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]