Sylvia A Chilcott Townsend

1890 - 1950  (59 years)

• Name	Sylvia A Chilcott Townsend
  Born	3 Nov 1890	Jasper, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Aug 1950	San Mateo, San Mateo County, California
  Buried	23 Aug 1950	LaClede Cemetery, LaClede, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6686	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Justin Chilcott
  Mother	Minnie Chilcott
  Family ID	F1127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George L Townsend,   d. 1934
  Married	10 Feb 1909
  Children	+ 1. John A Townsend,   b. 17 Mar 1913, Laclede, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Sep 1985, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California  (Age 72 years)   2. Donna Lea Townsend Perry,   b. 18 May 1933   3. Val Townsend Shultz
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018 13:49:15
  Family ID	F7630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 23 Aug 1950 - LaClede Cemetery, LaClede, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Townsend, Sylvia Sylvia Townsend Mrs. Sylvia A. Townsend passed away Friday morning, August 18, 1950 in a San Mateo, California, hospital. Death was caused by complications from a recent injury. She was born November 3, 1890, near Jasper, Oklahoma, to Justin and Minnie Chilcott. She came to Kansas when she was 10 years old. She was united in marriage to George L. Townsend on February 10, 1909. To this union were born three children. They lived in this and neighboring communities. In 1928 the Townsends came to Rossville and were in the restaurant business for several years. Mrs. Townsend continued the business after the death of her husband in 1934. In 1947 she went to South San Francisco, Calif., to make her home. Funeral services were held at the Stewart Funeral Home, Wamego, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, with burial in the family lot at LaClede Cemetery. Miss Patricia Glotzbach sang "In the Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied by Mr. Jesse Stewart at the piano. Rev. Gordon Coldsmith was in charge of the service. Mrs. Townsend is survived by two daughters, Donna of the home; Mrs. Val Shultz of Portland, Oregon, and a son, John, of South San Francisco. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. May Cobb of Santa Clara, Calif.; four brothers, Robert M. Chilcott, of Concordia; Harry Chilcott, of Westmoreland; John Chilcott of El Reno, Okla., and Arthur Chilcott, of San Antonio, Texas; one grandson, Larry Allan Shultz, of Portland, Oregon. Sylvia Townsend Mrs. Sylvia Townsend, 60, formerly of Rossville, died Friday in a hospital at San Mateo, Calif. She was born November 3, 1890. She is survived by three children, Donna Townsend of the home; John Townsend, South San Francisco, Calif and Mrs. Valerie Schultze, Spokane, Wash.; four brothers, John Chilcott, El Reno, Okla.; Harry Chilcott, Westmoreland; Arthur Chilcott, San Antonio, Texas and Bob Chilcott, Concordia. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Wamego, with burial services at Laclede, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Schultz of Portland, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. John Townsend and their sister Donna Townsend of South Francisco, Calif.; drove through to be present for their mothers, funeral and burial service. Mrs. Townsend passed away last Friday was sent back by plane, and arrived in Topeka Tuesday. CARD OF THANKS - We wish to sincerely thank our Rossville friends for the many expressions of sympathy and deep concern shown us, at the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Sylvia Townsend, and for the floral offerings. --The Children Pres White went to Wamego Wednesday afternoon to attend the funeral service of Mrs. Sylvia Townsend who passed away last Friday in San Francisco, Calif.