The News Dispatch [Jeannette]
January 13, 1964
Townsley
John William Townsley, 75, Paintertown RD2, Irwin, died in Westmoreland Hospital yesterday. The son of the late Robert and Sarah Pardem Townsley was born in April 1888 in Carnegie. A retired bench hand at Westinghouse Air Brake, he was a member of Paintertown Lutheran Church, Paintertown Volunteer Fire Department and FOE 1671 of Irwin. Surviving are his wife, Mary Jones Townsley: 4 daughters, Mrs. Alberta Doughty and Mrs.Nora Lann, Paintertown, Mrs. Fay Lorenz, Grable Manor, and Mrs. Doriene Parker, Jeannette; 10 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Robert, Shirleyburg, Pa. and Charles, former Irwin chief of police, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Elkins. Visitation will begin at Rodgers Funeral Home, Irwin, at 7 this evening and continued 2-5 and 7-10 PM daily until Wednesday when services will be held at 1 PM. Rev. Edward F Hendrickson will officiate. Burial will be in Irwin Union Cemetery.
Father- Robert Townsley
Mother- Sarah Pardem
Sister:
Harriet Lentz 1894-1952
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Spouse:
Mary Ann Jones Townsley (1891 - 1967)*
Children:
Ella E Townsley (1910 - 1912)*
Alberta A. Townsley Doughty (1915 - 1985)*
Fay I Townsley Lorenz (1917 - 1991)*
*Calculated relationship
