Otsego County Herald Times, 2 Jul 1936:
Willis L. Townsend Passed Away June 26
Prominent and Loved Citizen Succumbs After Short
Illness. Funeral Monday.
Death has removed from Otsego county and the north, one of its most outstanding residents and attorneys. Willis LeRoy Townsend was respected by everyone who knew him or had come in contact with him, and everyone mourns with the bereaved family and legion of friends.
Willis L. Townsend died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at his home here. He was 77 years, six months and 22 days old. Death was due to general disability, after an illness of thirteen days. However, during the past several months Mr. Townsend had been very ill on several occasions.
Mr. Townsend was born December 4, 1858, at Kelly's Corners, Jackson County, Michigan. From the date of his birth until 1882 he lied at Bethel, Branch county. He entered Hillsdale College in 1882 and graduated from the University of Michigan with an L.L.B. dgree June 25, 1891. Previous to his graduating from the university he taught school for eleven years.
October 14, 1882, he was married to Miss Fannie A. Beem at Reading, Michigan. Immediately after his marriage he and his wife came to Gaylord, where he has practiced law continuously unti his death, serving as prosecutor and judge of probate in the local court, as well as in 1907, being one of the attorneys called to Lansing to redraft the Constitution of the state, at the constitutional convention.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, all of whom, with the widow, survive. They are: Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen of Detroit; Mrs. C. Louis Anderson of Wakefield, Allen J. Townsend of Gaylord, Wayne Leroy Townsend of Gaylord, and Louis E. Townsend of Wayne. Eight grandchildren, as well as one sister and two brothers also survive. The sister is Mrs. Cyrus C. Case of Union City, and brother, Z.J. Townsend of Kalamazoo and L.A. Townsend of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church, Rev. L.M. Isaacs and Elder Allen Schreur officiating. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery. Pall bearers were Floyd Slason, John Berry, Fred Cook, Norman Glasser, George Ford and A.J. McDougall.
Relatives and freinds attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Raymond, Caro; Rev. and Mrs. L.A. Townsend, and Virgil Townsend, Jackson; Z.J. Townsend, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen, and Albert Townsend Kniffen, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Anderson, Howard L. Anderson and Miss Helen Marie Anderson, Wakefield; Lewis E. Townsend, Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Beem, Andrew J. Beem, and Mrs. Anna Beem, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. William Fetzer, Bay City; Al H. Weber and Judge Victor Sprague, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Billitzke, Cheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. John Yuill, Sr. and James McKibbin, Vanderbilt.
The life of Mr. Townsend was known to everyone. He was a loving father and husband, and an ideal citizen, believing in the right, and fighting for it at all times regardless of who was affected by it.
October 14, 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Townsend celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and congratulatory letters and gifts were sent from all over the state due to Mr. Townsend's wide acquaintance, procured through a life time of conscientious efforts to be of service to his fellow-man.
Mr. Townsend is gone, but his works and influences will live forever in the hearts and minds of liberty loving citizens and those who know him.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father. We offer our sincere gratitude and thanks for all those comforting acts and for their beautiful floral offerings.
Fannie A. Townsend and family
Willis L. Townsend Passed Away June 26
Prominent and Loved Citizen Succumbs After Short
Illness. Funeral Monday.
Death has removed from Otsego county and the north, one of its most outstanding residents and attorneys. Willis LeRoy Townsend was respected by everyone who knew him or had come in contact with him, and everyone mourns with the bereaved family and legion of friends.
Willis L. Townsend died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at his home here. He was 77 years, six months and 22 days old. Death was due to general disability, after an illness of thirteen days. However, during the past several months Mr. Townsend had been very ill on several occasions.
Mr. Townsend was born December 4, 1858, at Kelly's Corners, Jackson County, Michigan. From the date of his birth until 1882 he lied at Bethel, Branch county. He entered Hillsdale College in 1882 and graduated from the University of Michigan with an L.L.B. dgree June 25, 1891. Previous to his graduating from the university he taught school for eleven years.
October 14, 1882, he was married to Miss Fannie A. Beem at Reading, Michigan. Immediately after his marriage he and his wife came to Gaylord, where he has practiced law continuously unti his death, serving as prosecutor and judge of probate in the local court, as well as in 1907, being one of the attorneys called to Lansing to redraft the Constitution of the state, at the constitutional convention.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, all of whom, with the widow, survive. They are: Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen of Detroit; Mrs. C. Louis Anderson of Wakefield, Allen J. Townsend of Gaylord, Wayne Leroy Townsend of Gaylord, and Louis E. Townsend of Wayne. Eight grandchildren, as well as one sister and two brothers also survive. The sister is Mrs. Cyrus C. Case of Union City, and brother, Z.J. Townsend of Kalamazoo and L.A. Townsend of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church, Rev. L.M. Isaacs and Elder Allen Schreur officiating. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery. Pall bearers were Floyd Slason, John Berry, Fred Cook, Norman Glasser, George Ford and A.J. McDougall.
Relatives and freinds attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Raymond, Caro; Rev. and Mrs. L.A. Townsend, and Virgil Townsend, Jackson; Z.J. Townsend, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen, and Albert Townsend Kniffen, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Anderson, Howard L. Anderson and Miss Helen Marie Anderson, Wakefield; Lewis E. Townsend, Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Beem, Andrew J. Beem, and Mrs. Anna Beem, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. William Fetzer, Bay City; Al H. Weber and Judge Victor Sprague, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Billitzke, Cheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. John Yuill, Sr. and James McKibbin, Vanderbilt.
The life of Mr. Townsend was known to everyone. He was a loving father and husband, and an ideal citizen, believing in the right, and fighting for it at all times regardless of who was affected by it.
October 14, 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Townsend celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and congratulatory letters and gifts were sent from all over the state due to Mr. Townsend's wide acquaintance, procured through a life time of conscientious efforts to be of service to his fellow-man.
Mr. Townsend is gone, but his works and influences will live forever in the hearts and minds of liberty loving citizens and those who know him.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father. We offer our sincere gratitude and thanks for all those comforting acts and for their beautiful floral offerings.
Fannie A. Townsend and family
Otsego County Herald Times, 2 Jul 1936:
Willis L. Townsend Passed Away June 26
Prominent and Loved Citizen Succumbs After Short
Illness. Funeral Monday.
Death has removed from Otsego county and the north, one of its most outstanding residents and attorneys. Willis LeRoy Townsend was respected by everyone who knew him or had come in contact with him, and everyone mourns with the bereaved family and legion of friends.
Willis L. Townsend died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at his home here. He was 77 years, six months and 22 days old. Death was due to general disability, after an illness of thirteen days. However, during the past several months Mr. Townsend had been very ill on several occasions.
Mr. Townsend was born December 4, 1858, at Kelly's Corners, Jackson County, Michigan. From the date of his birth until 1882 he lied at Bethel, Branch county. He entered Hillsdale College in 1882 and graduated from the University of Michigan with an L.L.B. dgree June 25, 1891. Previous to his graduating from the university he taught school for eleven years.
October 14, 1882, he was married to Miss Fannie A. Beem at Reading, Michigan. Immediately after his marriage he and his wife came to Gaylord, where he has practiced law continuously unti his death, serving as prosecutor and judge of probate in the local court, as well as in 1907, being one of the attorneys called to Lansing to redraft the Constitution of the state, at the constitutional convention.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, all of whom, with the widow, survive. They are: Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen of Detroit; Mrs. C. Louis Anderson of Wakefield, Allen J. Townsend of Gaylord, Wayne Leroy Townsend of Gaylord, and Louis E. Townsend of Wayne. Eight grandchildren, as well as one sister and two brothers also survive. The sister is Mrs. Cyrus C. Case of Union City, and brother, Z.J. Townsend of Kalamazoo and L.A. Townsend of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church, Rev. L.M. Isaacs and Elder Allen Schreur officiating. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery. Pall bearers were Floyd Slason, John Berry, Fred Cook, Norman Glasser, George Ford and A.J. McDougall.
Relatives and freinds attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Raymond, Caro; Rev. and Mrs. L.A. Townsend, and Virgil Townsend, Jackson; Z.J. Townsend, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen, and Albert Townsend Kniffen, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Anderson, Howard L. Anderson and Miss Helen Marie Anderson, Wakefield; Lewis E. Townsend, Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Beem, Andrew J. Beem, and Mrs. Anna Beem, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. William Fetzer, Bay City; Al H. Weber and Judge Victor Sprague, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Billitzke, Cheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. John Yuill, Sr. and James McKibbin, Vanderbilt.
The life of Mr. Townsend was known to everyone. He was a loving father and husband, and an ideal citizen, believing in the right, and fighting for it at all times regardless of who was affected by it.
October 14, 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Townsend celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and congratulatory letters and gifts were sent from all over the state due to Mr. Townsend's wide acquaintance, procured through a life time of conscientious efforts to be of service to his fellow-man.
Mr. Townsend is gone, but his works and influences will live forever in the hearts and minds of liberty loving citizens and those who know him.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father. We offer our sincere gratitude and thanks for all those comforting acts and for their beautiful floral offerings.
Fannie A. Townsend and family
Willis L. Townsend Passed Away June 26
Prominent and Loved Citizen Succumbs After Short
Illness. Funeral Monday.
Death has removed from Otsego county and the north, one of its most outstanding residents and attorneys. Willis LeRoy Townsend was respected by everyone who knew him or had come in contact with him, and everyone mourns with the bereaved family and legion of friends.
Willis L. Townsend died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at his home here. He was 77 years, six months and 22 days old. Death was due to general disability, after an illness of thirteen days. However, during the past several months Mr. Townsend had been very ill on several occasions.
Mr. Townsend was born December 4, 1858, at Kelly's Corners, Jackson County, Michigan. From the date of his birth until 1882 he lied at Bethel, Branch county. He entered Hillsdale College in 1882 and graduated from the University of Michigan with an L.L.B. dgree June 25, 1891. Previous to his graduating from the university he taught school for eleven years.
October 14, 1882, he was married to Miss Fannie A. Beem at Reading, Michigan. Immediately after his marriage he and his wife came to Gaylord, where he has practiced law continuously unti his death, serving as prosecutor and judge of probate in the local court, as well as in 1907, being one of the attorneys called to Lansing to redraft the Constitution of the state, at the constitutional convention.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, all of whom, with the widow, survive. They are: Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen of Detroit; Mrs. C. Louis Anderson of Wakefield, Allen J. Townsend of Gaylord, Wayne Leroy Townsend of Gaylord, and Louis E. Townsend of Wayne. Eight grandchildren, as well as one sister and two brothers also survive. The sister is Mrs. Cyrus C. Case of Union City, and brother, Z.J. Townsend of Kalamazoo and L.A. Townsend of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Congregational church, Rev. L.M. Isaacs and Elder Allen Schreur officiating. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery. Pall bearers were Floyd Slason, John Berry, Fred Cook, Norman Glasser, George Ford and A.J. McDougall.
Relatives and freinds attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Raymond, Caro; Rev. and Mrs. L.A. Townsend, and Virgil Townsend, Jackson; Z.J. Townsend, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Kniffen, and Albert Townsend Kniffen, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Anderson, Howard L. Anderson and Miss Helen Marie Anderson, Wakefield; Lewis E. Townsend, Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Beem, Andrew J. Beem, and Mrs. Anna Beem, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. William Fetzer, Bay City; Al H. Weber and Judge Victor Sprague, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Billitzke, Cheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. John Yuill, Sr. and James McKibbin, Vanderbilt.
The life of Mr. Townsend was known to everyone. He was a loving father and husband, and an ideal citizen, believing in the right, and fighting for it at all times regardless of who was affected by it.
October 14, 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Townsend celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and congratulatory letters and gifts were sent from all over the state due to Mr. Townsend's wide acquaintance, procured through a life time of conscientious efforts to be of service to his fellow-man.
Mr. Townsend is gone, but his works and influences will live forever in the hearts and minds of liberty loving citizens and those who know him.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father. We offer our sincere gratitude and thanks for all those comforting acts and for their beautiful floral offerings.
Fannie A. Townsend and family
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