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TOWNSEND, Phyllis Ann (nee Griswold) 1940-2009

TOWNSEND, GRISWOLD, PAPPAS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/27/2009 at 17:33:18

Visitation:
4:00 PM - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main Street
Charles City, Iowa

Service:
10:30 AM - Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Trinity United Methodist Church
601 Milwaukee
Charles City, Iowa

Phyllis A. Townsend, 68, of Charles City, died Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2009, surrounded by her family, at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

Pastor Gary Van Wert will officiate. Inurnment will be at a later date.

Phyllis Ann Griswold Townsend was born May 30, 1940, at St. Ansgar, the daughter, of Ferris and Mary (Pappas) Griswold. She attended school in Osage. On August 18, 1957, she was united in marriage to Robert Townsend at the Methodist Church in Osage. Phyllis was employed at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City for 24 years. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Faith Circle and Women of the Moose. Her interests included baking cookies, talking on the phone and spending time with her grandchildren. Phyllis will be remembered for always helping others and her devotion to the church.

Living family members include her husband, Robert Townsend of Charles City; six children, Sherry (Randy) Miller of Ionia; Douglas (Mary) Townsend of Greer S.C., Nancy (Larry) Pint of Manchester, Scott (Julie) Townsend of Charles City, Gregory (Angela) Townsend of North Mankato, Minn. and Tammy (Jim) Springer of Charles City; 17 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Alice (Terry) Morthland of Galva, Ill. and Linda Vorce of Ankeny; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a son, Dennis Townsend.

[Hauser Funeral Home obituary, Apr. 27, 2009]


 

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