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Obituary for Bessie Henderson Townsend
21 July, 1882 - 10 March, 1959
From The Caldwell News-Tribune,
dated Tuesday, 10 March, 1959
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo
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Bessie is buried in the Wilder Cemetery,
Wilder, Canyon Co., Idaho
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Mrs. Bessie Townsend |
Mrs. Bessie Townsend,
76, of Homedale, died Tuesday morning at a Homedale nursing
home.
She was born July 21, 1882, at Shoshone, Idaho, and
moved to Silver City, Idaho with her parents when she was
three years of age and was reared there.
She was married on Oct. 26, 1900, to Albert V. Townsend
at Caldwell. She and her husband resided on a ranch at
Flint Creek near Jordan Valley in 1918.
They lived at Wagontown where Mr. Townsend operated a
quartz-stamp mill, and lived at Delamar and Dewey before
moving to Homedale in 1950.
Mr. Townsend preceded her in death in 1950.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her stepmother, Mrs. Eliza Henderson,
San Rafael, Calif.; five sons, Everett of Jordan Valley,
John of Anchorage, Alaska, Ralph, Bend, Ore., Darley of
Homedale, and Claude Townsend of Twin Falls; three
daughters, Mrs. Ada Thomas, Mrs. Charlotte Pierce and Mrs.
Margaret Millspaugh, all of Homedale; 27 grandchildren
and 41 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending at the Peckham-Dakan-Davis
Chapel. |
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