Gladys Lois Townsley
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Gladys Lois Townsley, resident of Arkansas City, Kan., died Saturday, April 15, 2000, at the South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center in Arkansas City. She was 96.
The funeral will be 2 p. m. Tuesday, April 18, at the Central Christian Church in Arkansas City with the Rev. Steve Chambers officiating. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City under the directions of Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home.
Gladys Lois Townsley was born Aug. 16, 1903, in Atlanta, Kan., the daughter of Harry Earl and Willie Lee (Gaffney) Townsley. She attended Arkansas City High School, graduating in 1923. She attended Arkansas City Junior College and Southern Western University where she earned her master's degree.
Gladys taught first through eight grades for 46 years. She taught near Rock Kan., Beaumont and Wright Canyon. She also taught in Arkansas City at Sleeth, where she was principal, and at Adams, where she was assistant principal. She enjoyed sports and her family.
Survivors include three sisters, Margaret Butler of Kaw City, Betty Willison of Ponca City, and Peggy Townsley of Ponca City; a brother, Robert Townsley of Wichita, Kan., and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Ruth Ellington, Leona Dobson, and Jessie Townsley; and three brothers; Earl Townsley, Mike Townsley and Delbert Townsley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Christian Church or to the Kansas Christian Home of Newton, c/o Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home, 100 East Kansas Avenue, Arkansas City, Kan. 67005.
This memorial has a duplicate # 76918908.
Gladys Lois Townsley
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Gladys Lois Townsley, resident of Arkansas City, Kan., died Saturday, April 15, 2000, at the South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center in Arkansas City. She was 96.
The funeral will be 2 p. m. Tuesday, April 18, at the Central Christian Church in Arkansas City with the Rev. Steve Chambers officiating. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City under the directions of Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home.
Gladys Lois Townsley was born Aug. 16, 1903, in Atlanta, Kan., the daughter of Harry Earl and Willie Lee (Gaffney) Townsley. She attended Arkansas City High School, graduating in 1923. She attended Arkansas City Junior College and Southern Western University where she earned her master's degree.
Gladys taught first through eight grades for 46 years. She taught near Rock Kan., Beaumont and Wright Canyon. She also taught in Arkansas City at Sleeth, where she was principal, and at Adams, where she was assistant principal. She enjoyed sports and her family.
Survivors include three sisters, Margaret Butler of Kaw City, Betty Willison of Ponca City, and Peggy Townsley of Ponca City; a brother, Robert Townsley of Wichita, Kan., and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Ruth Ellington, Leona Dobson, and Jessie Townsley; and three brothers; Earl Townsley, Mike Townsley and Delbert Townsley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Christian Church or to the Kansas Christian Home of Newton, c/o Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home, 100 East Kansas Avenue, Arkansas City, Kan. 67005.
This memorial has a duplicate # 76918908.
Bio by: Dianna K. Flynn
Family Members
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Earl Wright Townsley
1901–1911
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Mike Irving Townsley
1902–1988
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Ruth Susan Townsley Ellington
1905–1929
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Leona Townsley Dobson
1906–1976
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Jessie C. Townsley
1907–1964
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John Delbert Townsley
1911–1986
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Robert S Townsley
1913–2002
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Barbara Elizabeth "Betty" Townsley Willison
1917–2011
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Peggy Lou Townsley
1924–2012
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