Edwin L. Townsend (1932)
BARNES, CALLISON, CANNING, TOWNSEND
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:58
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Wednesday, March 23, 1932
Page 18, Column 7E. L. Townsend Kills Self With Gas Fumes
Edwin L. Townsend, 59, died of asphyxiation Tuesday at his home, 1245 Twelfth st. Coroner William Carpenter said his death was suicide.
The body is at Harbach’s Funeral home pending funeral arrangements.
________________________The Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
Thursday, March 24, 1932
Page 17, Column 5E. Townsend Rites Friday
Former Grocer Iowa Resident 60 Years.
Funeral services for Edwin L. Townsend, 64, will be at 4 p. m. Friday at Harbach’s funeral home. Burial will be in Glendale cemetery.
Mr. Townsend, who had lived in Iowa 60 years, died Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. He was in the grocery business for many years.
He is survived by his widow, a son, LeVon Townsend of Iowa City, and a daughter, Mrs. F. G. Barnes of Silver City, Ia. Two sisters, Mrs. John Callison of Macksburg, Ia., and Mrs. James Canning of Des Moines, and his stepmother, Mrs. Estella E. Townsend, also survive.
________________________Transcriber's note: The deceased lived off and on in Madison County from before 1880 until after 1910 per census records.
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