John A Townsend

1913 - 1985  (72 years)

• Name	John A Townsend
  Born	17 Mar 1913	Laclede, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Sep 1985	Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
  Buried	20 Sep 1985
  Person ID	I6685	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	George L Townsend,   d. 1934
  Mother	Sylvia A Chilcott Townsend,   b. 3 Nov 1890, Jasper, Choctaw County, Oklahoma ,   d. 18 Aug 1950, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California  (Age 59 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1909
  Family ID	F7630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Doris White Townsend,   b. 1 Jan 1921, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Dec 1995, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California  (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Jon Alden Townsend,   b. Nov 1955, San Mateo, San Mateo County, California   2. Barth E Townsend
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018 13:52:39
  Family ID	F3011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lois Townsend
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018 13:53:05
  Family ID	F7965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 18 Sep 1985 - Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Townsend, John JOHN A. TOWNSEND John A. Townsend, Clear Lake, Calif., 72, died in Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on September 18, 1985, following a brief illness. John was the son of the late George L. (Dode) and Sylvia Chilcott Townsend, restaurant owners in Rossville from 1928 to 1940. John was born on a farm in Laclede, March 17, 1913, and moved to Rossville with his parents in 1928. After marrying, John was inducted into the U. S. Air Force in June of 1942, while still residing in Rossville. He was stationed in Casper, Wyo., and later saw service in Iwo Jima and Guam. He was honorably discharged in January of 1946, with the rank of Technical Sergeant. After discharge from the service, John made his home in South San Francisco, Calif., as a carpenter and later as owner/operator of a small bar in Redwood City called the Happy- Go-Lucky. After retirement, he and his wife, Lois, moved to Clear Lake where he had resided since. She survives at the home. Other survivors include two sons by a previous marriage, Barth E. of South San Francisco and Jon A. Townsend; two stepdaughters, Nancy and Rosemary. He also leaves two sisters, Val Shultz, Portland, Ore., and Donna Perry, South San Francisco; one aunt, Verne Townsend Walls; and many cousins. Services were held at the Jones Mortuary in Lakeport, Calif., assisted by the VFW on September 20, 1985.