Submitted by: Dan Rich
July 28, 1933 - Feb. 4, 1996
South Bend Tribune 2/7/1996
SOUTH BEND - Services for Dorothy Lee
Townsend, 62, of 4010 W. Washington St., who died at 10:25
a.m. in her home, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Greater Friendship
Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Clark's Funeral
Chapel.
Mrs. Townsend was born July 28, 1933, in
Tyronza, Ark., and lived in South Bend since 1950. On Feb. 3,
1962, in South Bend, she married John Dorris Townsend. He
preceded her in death. She is survived by five daughters, Roberta
Knight of New York City, and Rodia Snyder, Johnnie
Townsend, Dorothy Townsend, and Margaret Townsend, all of South
Bend; five sons, Leandra Pullium, Edward D. Townsend,
Irdell Townsend, Allen Townsend, and Melvin Townsend, all of
South Bend; 29 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; three
sisters, Ovilla Green of St. Louis, and Christine McClain
and Vera Lee Boykins, both of South Bend; and a brother,
Alvin Walker of Michigan City. She was a member of the
church.