Family: Cecil P Townsend / Gwendolin Doris Darby Townsend (F5953)

• Father | Male Cecil P Townsend

  
  

  Born	30 Sep 1897	Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
  Died	31 Oct 1982	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	3 Nov 1982	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Married	23 Aug 1919	Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
  Father	John Townsend | F7963 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Burkhart Townsend | F7963 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Gwendolin Doris Darby Townsend

  
  

  Born	13 Oct 1898	Freewater, Gentry County, Missouri
  Died	20 Apr 1992	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	24 Apr 1992	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	John James Darby | F7964 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rhoda Ella Austin Darby | F7964 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Faye Winifred Townsend Kelsey

  
  

  Born	15 May 1920	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Died	15 Sep 2013	Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Cremated	14 Oct 2013	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Spouse	Scott Winfield Kelsey | F3304
  Married	19 Feb 1943	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + Greta D Townsend Kelsey

  
  

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  Spouse	Richard Dean Kelsey | F2980
  Married	19 Feb 1950	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Hubert Darrel Townsend

  
  

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  Child 4 | Male William A Townsend

  
  

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• Documents		Anniversary- Townsend, Cecil and Gwendolin 1 The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Townsend will honor their parents with a reception Sunday, Aug. 24 in Fellowship Hall of the Oakland Christian Church in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. No invitations are being sent. Friends and relatives are asked to call from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The couple asks that no gifts be presented. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend were married Aug. 23,1919 in Albany, Mo., and have lived in Topeka 50 years. Mr. Townsend is a retired Santa Fe employee. Their children are Mrs. Scott Kelsey and Mrs. Richard Kelsey, Rossville, Hubert Townsend and William Townsend. There are 10 grandchildren.
  		Anniversary- Townsend, Cecil and Gwendolin 2 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Townsend celebrated their 60th wedding an-niversary on three occasions recently. They were married August 23 1919, in Albany, Mo. They moved to Topeka a short time after, and have lived in the Oakland area 60 years. Their first celebration was a reception on Sunday, August 19, which was held in their home. One hundred eleven friends and relatives came to greet them. They were also treated to a ride in a 1929 Model A car by two of their guests, Brother and Elouise Tarter. The second celebration was a dinner at Shawnee Country Club on August 23, with their children Mr. and Mrs. Scott (Faye) Kelsey, Rossville; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Townsend, Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Townsend, Topeka; and Mr. and Mrs. Dick (Greta) Kelsey, Rossville. The third celebration was on Sunday, August 26. The complete family of thirty-eight attended church together at the Oakland Christian Church where Mr. and Mrs. Townsend are active members. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kelsey and their children -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Linda) Wise, Jereme and Heidi, Springfield, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kelsey, Shandy, Leisha, and Ja’Nay, Tokyo, Japan; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Town¬send and their children -- Mr. and Mrs. Steve Townsend, Donna, Kim, and Mandy, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Townsend, Jennifer and Benjamin, Mr. and Mrs. Mell (Connie) Frazier and Travis, and Mr. Tim Townsend; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Townsend and their children -- Billy Jim and Tommy Joe; and Mr. and Mrs. Dick (Greta) Kelsey and their children - - Mr. and Mrs. John (Jeline) Harclerode and Jonathan, Emporia, and Mr. Rick Kelsey, Peoria, Ill. Several other relatives attended church with the Townsends. A family dinner and reception was held in the Fellowship Hall after church with fifty-seven relatives attending.