Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Dorothy Lee Townsend

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.