Edwin Jay Townsend Sr. (1924 - 1970)

Born 26 Jan 1924 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York

Ancestors

Died 16 Jan 1970 at age 45 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York

Biography

Edwin Jay "Ed" Townsend was born January 26, 1924 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. He was the son of Frank L. and Florence J. (Boyce) Townsend of Auburn, New York. ^{[1] [2]}

Ed was a Patrolman for the Ithaca Police Department in Ithaca. He married Barbara J. Reynolds sometime before 1949. They made their home at 733 Hector Street where they raised two boys, Edwin Jr. and Theodore.

Ed died January 16, 1970 in Ithaca, New York. He is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ithaca, NY. ^[3]

Edwin J. Townsend, Ithaca Policeman Dies

Edwin J. Townsend, 45 of 733 Hector Street, Ithaca, died Friday in Tompkins County Hospital after a long illness. A native of Auburn he had resided in Ithaca for over 25 years. He was a patrolman on the Ithaca Police Department at the time of his death. He was a member of the Tompkins Veteran Firemen Association, the Ithaca Fire Department Company 5, past secretary of the Ithaca Men’s Bowling Association and currently on the board of directors, past secretary of the PBA, a member and past officer of the Newman Golf Club Twilight League.

Surviving are his father, Frank Townsend of Auburn; his widow Barbara Reynolds Townsend; two sons, Edwin J. Jr., and Theodore Townsend, both at home; three brothers, Patrolman Carl Townsend of Auburn and Howard of Port Byron and Lewis Townsend of Alden; two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Krell of Auburn and Mrs. Vera Marks of Peru, Ind., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Ithaca. Rev. Sheldon Stephenson, pastor will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca. Friends may call at the Shea-Tryon Funeral Home, 314 W. State St., Sunday 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. – The Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, NY, Saturday, January 17, 1970.

Sources

1. ↑ U. S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
2. ↑ U. S. Federal Census; 1930, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7HF-GJF
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 160754058; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160754058