Greta D Townsend Kelsey

• Name	Greta D Townsend Kelsey
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I13089	Rossville
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2017

  
  

  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	Richard Dean Kelsey,   b. 27 Sep 1927, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Dec 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 73 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1950	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Richard Melvin Kelsey,   b. 5 Jan 1954, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas + 2. Jeline Doris Kelsey Harclerode
  Documents		Anniversary- Kelsey, Richard and Greta Golden Celebration For Kelseys Dick Kelsey and Greta Townsend were married in the Oakland Christian Church in Topeka, February 19,1950. They will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at Wanamaker Woods Nazarene Church, 3501 S.W. Wanamaker Road, Topeka, on Saturday, February 19, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. A brief program of introductions of family and wedding party, movie clip of the wedding, and a prayer will be at the beginning of the reception. Hosts will be their children and grandchildren—Jeline, John, Jonathan and Justin Harclerode, Emporia; and Rick and Darla Kelsey, Overland Park. Mr. Kelsey retired from fanning in 1992, and Mrs. Kelsey is a homemaker. They lived on their farm at Rossville from 1950 to 1996, at which time they moved to Topeka where they now reside. The couple requests no gifts, please.
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2017 16:00:48
  Family ID	F2980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart