Faye Winifred Townsend Kelsey

1920 - 2013  (93 years)

• Name	Faye Winifred Townsend Kelsey
  Born	15 May 1920	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Sep 2013	Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Cremated	14 Oct 2013	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4370	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Cecil P Townsend,   b. 30 Sep 1897, Albany, Gentry County, Missouri ,   d. 31 Oct 1982, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Gwendolin Doris Darby Townsend,   b. 13 Oct 1898, Freewater, Gentry County, Missouri ,   d. 20 Apr 1992, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 93 years)
  Married	23 Aug 1919	Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
  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.
  Family ID	F5953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Scott Winfield Kelsey,   b. 29 Aug 1920, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 12 Oct 2012, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  (Age 92 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1943	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Linda Kelsey Wise,   b. 18 Sep 1944, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Feb 2019  (Age 74 years) + 2. Douglas Kelsey
  Documents » Slide Show		Anniversary- Kelsey, Scott and Faye 1 Kelseys Will Celebrate Golden Anniversary Scott and Faye Kelsey will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception Saturday, June 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Rossville United Methodist Church, 411 Pearl Street, Rossville. Hosting the reception will be their children, Frank and Linda Wise, Edmond, Okla, and Douglas and Darlynn Kelsey, Ramstein, Germany; and their five grandchildren. Faye Townsend and Scott Kelsey were married February 19,1943, at the parsonage of the Oakland United Methodist Church, Topeka. Scott Kelsey retired from Northwood Farms, Inc. January 1986. Faye Kelsey has been a homemaker 50 years.
  		Anniversary- Kelsey, Scott and Faye 2 Faye and Scott Kelsey Scott W. and Faye Kelsey of Topeka will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary as guests of honor at a reception from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Thornton Place, 2901 S.W. Armstrong. Faye Townsend and Scott W. Kelsey were born one block from each other in Oakland, which was later annexed into Topeka. They met in second grade. They were married Feb. 19,1943, in Topeka. Hosts will be their children, Linda Wise, Edmond, Okla., and Douglas and Darlyn Kelsey, Fayetteville, Ga.; and their grandchildren, Shandy and Scott Condie, Plover, Wis.; Ja’ney Kelsey, Salem, Mass.; Jereme Wise and Jennifer Jones, Lago Vista, Texas; Leisha and Marcus Johns, Fort Riley; and Heidi and Brian Reeder, Edmond. The Kelseys have two great¬grandchildren, Logan Johns, Fort Riley, and Jackson Condie, Plover. Mr. Kelsey retired in 1985 as a farmer at Northwood Farms after 45 years of service. Mrs. Kelsey is a homemaker. They lived in Rossville for 51 years before moving back to Topeka in March 2001. They request no gifts.
  		Anniversary- Kelsey, Scott and Faye 3 Scott Kelsey asked Faye Townsend on a date to the high school play. “She already had a date,” said Scott, “but she broke it and went with me. When we arrived at the play, we sat behind her jilted date.” That happened when they were juniors at Topeka High School. Scott and Faye Kelsey have now been married 60 years. They were born only one block apart in Oakland, which was later annexed into the city of Topeka. They met in the second grade. During college, Scott proposed to Faye on a country road that led to Berryton. Their wedding was a simple one in the parlor of the preacher’s house. For a honeymoon, they took the Santa Fe train to Kansas City. “It was during wartime, and I had to stand up all the way to Kansas City,” Scott said. He recalls that friends held a shivaree, pushing them both down an Oakland street in a wheelbarrow, with others following them creating a racket with noisemakers. Scott advises married couples to “Take the bitter with the sweet,” noting that Faye only once hurled a pan at him. That was for telling her that, in regard to dinner, “That's not like Mama cooked it.”
  Last Modified	19 May 2019 20:38:22
  Family ID	F3304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Kelsey, Faye 1 FAYE WINIFRED KELSEY Faye Winifred Kelsey, 93, of Edmond, Oklahoma, formerly of Rossville, Kansas, passed away September 15, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Faye was born in Oakland, Kansas on May 15, 1920. She was the daughter of Cecil and Gwendolin Darby Townsend. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938 and went to work for Adams Brothers Book Bindery. On February 19.1943 she married Scott Kelsey. They were married for 69 years. Scott passed away October 12, 2012. They moved to the farm in Rossville in 1950 and lived there until they moved to a retirement center in Topeka in 2001. In 2007 they moved to a retirement center in Edmond, Oklahoma. During their years on the farm, Faye was active in the Rossville United Methodist Church, participating in the women's group, cleaning the parsonage, helping with the church yard work, working on the annual election day turkey dinner and just generally helping out where needed. She always had a large garden from which she froze and canned for the winter months. She also gave away much of her harvest to friends and neighbors. Faye never met a stranger arid was always one to help them. She helped out many friends and neighbors over the years. After she moved to Oklahoma, she started collecting medicine bottles from the retirement center and also from the Edmond Senior Center. During the 6 years she lived in Oklahoma she collected nearly 18,000 bottles, which she donated to her church's medical clinic and to other free clinics throughout the area.
  		Obituary- Kelsey, Faye 2 Before her marriage, Faye was a "star" pitcher/first baseman for a women's fast pitch softball team, which traveled throughout the Midwest. There are several newspaper accounts of her hitting in the winning run. The team attracted large crowds and one time, according to the paper there were 10,000 spectators at their game at Garfield Park in Topeka. She and Scott loved to travel alone and with friends. In the mid 1970's they took a trip around the world alone. When she lived in the retirement centers she always participated in the activities that were available: exercise classes, Wii bowling, bingo, Bible study, crafts, games, and did alterations for friends and was still playing ping pong with the "old men" at the age of 92. Faye made it her mission to introduce herself to new residents at the retirement centers and always tried to help them adjust to their new living situation. She was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church for over 50 years and then became a member of Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City. Although Crossings was a very large church, she made many friends there. Faye was predeceased by her parents and her brothers, Hubert and Billy. She is survived by her sister, Greta Kelsey, Topeka, Kansas; daughter Linda Kelsey Wise, Edmond, Oklahoma; son, Douglas Kelsey (Darlynn), Honolulu, Hawaii; grandchildren, Shandy Kelsey Condie, Gilbert, Arizona; Jereme Wise, Leander, Texas; Heidi Reeder, Edmond, Oklahoma; Leisha Johns, Queen Creek, Arizona; and Ja'Ney Mesquitta, Boston, Massachusetts and 9 great-grandchildren, Logan Johns, Jackson Condie, Jacob Condie, Logan Mathews, Colby Mathews, Georgia Mesquitta, Keelie Wise, Ella Jane Reeder and Grady Reeder. A memorial service will be held at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence, Topeka, Kansas at 10:30 am, Monday, October 14, 2013, Private inurnment of the cremains of Faye and Scott will be in the Rossville Cemetery. The family would like to invite all friends and family to a lunch at Penwell-Gabel Family Center immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Rossville United Methodist Church, 411 Pearl Street, Rossville, KS 66533 or to Autumn Bridge Hospice, Volunteer Program, 3500 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.Penwell-GabelTopeka.com.
  		Birthday- Kelsey, Scott and Kelsey, Faye Faye and Scott Kelsey 80th Birthdays To Be Celebrated Scott and Faye Kelsey, Rossville, will celebrate their 80th birthdays with a family dinner on July 29, hosted by their children--Linda Wise, Edmond, OK, and Douglas and Darlyn Kelsey, Seoul, Korea. Faye's birthday was May 15, and Scott's birthday is August 29. Cards may be sent to 17145 NW 54th Street, Rossville 66533.