Townsend, Elizabeth M. "Lillie" (Oncken)
Funeral for Mrs. Townsend Held May 30
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Lillie) Townsend, 99, of Weimar were held Wednesday, May 30 from Hubbard Funeral Chapel, with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Rev. Paul May officiated.
Mrs. Townsend, a lifelong Weimar resident, died Monday, May 28, at 11 a.m. in Colorado-Fayette Medical Center, of pneumonia.
Born August 22, 1890, she was a daughter of W. H. and Bertha (Beete) Oncken. She was married to B. L. Townsend in Houston on May 20, 1908.
Mrs. Townsend lived in the same house where she was born for nearly 90 years, and at Parkview Manor the past ten years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Methodist Women. She was one of the first presidents of the Weimar Public School PTA. In her younger years she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and president and secretary of the Weimar Cemetery Association.
Mrs. Townsend's husband died February 18, 1956. Also preceding her in death were a son, Howard W. Townsend, two brothers and a sister. Surviving here are a son, Leslie L. Townsend of Weimar, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were Jack Montgomery. Heine Beken, Henry Herder, Edward Rabel, Eugene Oncken, and Milton Booth.
Weimar Mercury, May 31, 1990
Photo courtesy of Harold Thomas Matthews
Funeral for Mrs. Townsend Held May 30
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Lillie) Townsend, 99, of Weimar were held Wednesday, May 30 from Hubbard Funeral Chapel, with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Rev. Paul May officiated.
Mrs. Townsend, a lifelong Weimar resident, died Monday, May 28, at 11 a.m. in Colorado-Fayette Medical Center, of pneumonia.
Born August 22, 1890, she was a daughter of W. H. and Bertha (Beete) Oncken. She was married to B. L. Townsend in Houston on May 20, 1908.
Mrs. Townsend lived in the same house where she was born for nearly 90 years, and at Parkview Manor the past ten years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Methodist Women. She was one of the first presidents of the Weimar Public School PTA. In her younger years she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and president and secretary of the Weimar Cemetery Association.
Mrs. Townsend's husband died February 18, 1956. Also preceding her in death were a son, Howard W. Townsend, two brothers and a sister. Surviving here are a son, Leslie L. Townsend of Weimar, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were Jack Montgomery. Heine Beken, Henry Herder, Edward Rabel, Eugene Oncken, and Milton Booth.
Weimar Mercury, May 31, 1990
Photo courtesy of Harold Thomas Matthews
Townsend, Elizabeth M. "Lillie" (Oncken)
Funeral for Mrs. Townsend Held May 30
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Lillie) Townsend, 99, of Weimar were held Wednesday, May 30 from Hubbard Funeral Chapel, with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Rev. Paul May officiated.
Mrs. Townsend, a lifelong Weimar resident, died Monday, May 28, at 11 a.m. in Colorado-Fayette Medical Center, of pneumonia.
Born August 22, 1890, she was a daughter of W. H. and Bertha (Beete) Oncken. She was married to B. L. Townsend in Houston on May 20, 1908.
Mrs. Townsend lived in the same house where she was born for nearly 90 years, and at Parkview Manor the past ten years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Methodist Women. She was one of the first presidents of the Weimar Public School PTA. In her younger years she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and president and secretary of the Weimar Cemetery Association.
Mrs. Townsend's husband died February 18, 1956. Also preceding her in death were a son, Howard W. Townsend, two brothers and a sister. Surviving here are a son, Leslie L. Townsend of Weimar, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were Jack Montgomery. Heine Beken, Henry Herder, Edward Rabel, Eugene Oncken, and Milton Booth.
Weimar Mercury, May 31, 1990
Photo courtesy of Harold Thomas Matthews
Funeral for Mrs. Townsend Held May 30
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Lillie) Townsend, 99, of Weimar were held Wednesday, May 30 from Hubbard Funeral Chapel, with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Rev. Paul May officiated.
Mrs. Townsend, a lifelong Weimar resident, died Monday, May 28, at 11 a.m. in Colorado-Fayette Medical Center, of pneumonia.
Born August 22, 1890, she was a daughter of W. H. and Bertha (Beete) Oncken. She was married to B. L. Townsend in Houston on May 20, 1908.
Mrs. Townsend lived in the same house where she was born for nearly 90 years, and at Parkview Manor the past ten years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Methodist Women. She was one of the first presidents of the Weimar Public School PTA. In her younger years she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and president and secretary of the Weimar Cemetery Association.
Mrs. Townsend's husband died February 18, 1956. Also preceding her in death were a son, Howard W. Townsend, two brothers and a sister. Surviving here are a son, Leslie L. Townsend of Weimar, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were Jack Montgomery. Heine Beken, Henry Herder, Edward Rabel, Eugene Oncken, and Milton Booth.
Weimar Mercury, May 31, 1990
Photo courtesy of Harold Thomas Matthews
Gravesite Details
Daughter of HW & Bertha (Beete) Oncken Marriend Barry Lenard Townsend May 20 1908
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