TOWNER, Lottie (Fonda) 1873-1963

TOWNER, FONDA, CHATMAN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/10/2011 at 09:01:23

Lottie (Fonda) Towner 1873-1963

LOTTIE TOWNER

Osage – Mrs. Lottie Towner, 89, died Sunday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital after an illness of seven months. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Champion Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunny Side Mausoleum, Long Beach, California.

Born in Osage, December 18, 1873, she was the daughter of Edmund and Loretta Fonda. She was graduated from Osage High School and attended college in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She was married to Will Towner in September 1893. He was an implement dealer in Osage until they moved to California in 1920. She returned to Osage after his death in 1931.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ben (Helen) Chatman, Osage, with whom she lived. She was preceded in death by a daughter, two sons and two sisters.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday December 16, 1963