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Betty Jane “Bobbi” <I>Dawkins</I> Townsley

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Betty Jane “Bobbi” Dawkins Townsley

Birth
Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
13 Sep 2016 (aged 89)
Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, USA
Burial
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Main Chapel Center, Right Niches, Level 2
Memorial ID
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Passed away at Witham Memorial Hospital.

Daughter of Robert and M. Luella Royer Dawkins.
First married E. Harris Jackson in Lafayette, IN. He was killed in action during WWII.
Then married James Townsley, Jr. in West Lafayette, IN Sept. 17, 1949. He died Nov. 29, 1993.
Survivors include her son Robert Dawkins Townsley and daughter Robin Townsley-Dulong; grandchildren Jason Townsley and Jenna Hacker; 3 great-grandchildren.

1944 graduate of West Lafayette High School.
Graduated from DeForest DeVrie Electronics School in Chicago and Business College in Indianapolis where she learned IBM KeyPunch.

Retired from Commercial Filters in 1992.

Betty was a member of Beta Sigma Phi in Lafayette and Dayton, OH, Trinity Lutheran Church and Women of the Elks in Lebanon.

She enjoyed dancing, the history of old homes, played golf and bridge and was active with several card clubs, loved music, car racing and attending the General Hospital Reunion of WWII Vets.

Service noon Monday, Sept. 19 in the Strawmyer & Drury Mortuary, Lebanon. Visitation 10am until time of service.

Memorial donations to the Humane Society of Boone County, Lebanon or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Passed away at Witham Memorial Hospital.

Daughter of Robert and M. Luella Royer Dawkins.
First married E. Harris Jackson in Lafayette, IN. He was killed in action during WWII.
Then married James Townsley, Jr. in West Lafayette, IN Sept. 17, 1949. He died Nov. 29, 1993.
Survivors include her son Robert Dawkins Townsley and daughter Robin Townsley-Dulong; grandchildren Jason Townsley and Jenna Hacker; 3 great-grandchildren.

1944 graduate of West Lafayette High School.
Graduated from DeForest DeVrie Electronics School in Chicago and Business College in Indianapolis where she learned IBM KeyPunch.

Retired from Commercial Filters in 1992.

Betty was a member of Beta Sigma Phi in Lafayette and Dayton, OH, Trinity Lutheran Church and Women of the Elks in Lebanon.

She enjoyed dancing, the history of old homes, played golf and bridge and was active with several card clubs, loved music, car racing and attending the General Hospital Reunion of WWII Vets.

Service noon Monday, Sept. 19 in the Strawmyer & Drury Mortuary, Lebanon. Visitation 10am until time of service.

Memorial donations to the Humane Society of Boone County, Lebanon or to the charity of the donor's choice.


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  • Maintained by: A. P. Reed
  • Originally Created by: Linda
  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170121947/betty_jane-townsley: accessed ), memorial page for Betty Jane “Bobbi” Dawkins Townsley (22 Apr 1927–13 Sep 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 170121947, citing Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by A. P. Reed (contributor 48008650).