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Rosetta Marie Betts

Rosetta Marie Betts

Female 1921 - 1996  (74 years)

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  • Name Rosetta Marie Betts  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 26 Jun 1921  Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 Feb 1996  Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial 24 Feb 1996  Savannah Cemetery, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Obituary 29 Feb 1996  Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Savannah Reporter 


    • Rosetta M. Townsend

      Mrs. Rosetta Marie Townsend, Savannah, was born June 26, 1921, in Rushville, and died Feb. 22, 1996, in a St. Joseph hospital.

      She was the daughter of the late Frank Betts and the former Carrie Elizabeth Boyle Jennings. Mrs. Townsend was married Feb. 25, 1946, in Troy, Kan., to Eugene Leonard Townsend, who preceded her in death Sept. 28, 1987. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Lonnie Betts; a sister, Alice Barrinau, and a half brother, George W. Jennings.

      She was a graduate of Central High School and the first class of licensed practical nursing at Hillyard Vocational & Technical School, both of St. Joseph. She had been employed by Shady Lawn Nursing Home in Savannah, and for 18 years with the former Methodist Medical Center in St. Joseph.

      Mrs. Townsend had resided her entire life in Rushville, St. Joseph, Rosendale and Savannah. She was of the Methodist faith.

      Surviving are a daughter, Catherine Beth Townsend, of the home; a son, John L. Townsend, Platte City; a sister, Agnes Pearl Strunk of Boise, Idaho; two grandsons, and nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services were held Feb. 24 in the Breit & Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel, Savannah, with interment in the Savannah Cemetery.
    Person ID I18586  CCBasic
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2024 

    Father Frank Betts,   b. 8 Jan 1889, Winthrop, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1954, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Catherine Elizabeth "Bessie" Boyle,   b. 27 Apr 1890, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1941, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Family ID F7175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eugene Leonard Townsend,   b. 3 Jul 1909, Barnard, Nodaway County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1987, Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1946  Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Children 
     1. John Lloyd "Rocky" Townsend,   b. 22 Nov 1943, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 2024, Platte City, Platte County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F7172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2024 

  • Photos
    Rosetta Betts Townsend -- Grave Marker    		Rosetta Betts Townsend -- Grave Marker

  • Sources 
    1. [S30] Missouri., Missouri, Buchanan County -- The St. Joseph News-Press NOW Newspaper (Online), (http://newspressnow.com:), 2 Oct 2024, "Townsend, John L. 1943-2024," 25 July 2024, online archives (https://www.newspressnow.com/obituaries/townsend-john-l-1943-2024-platte-city-mo/article_15360bba-e94e-5298-be0e-6302c903abf3.html : accessed 01 Oct 2024).

    2. [S326] Missouri., Missouri, Buchanan County -- The St. Joseph Gazette Newspaper (Newspapers.com), 4 Oct 2024, "Eugene Townsend," 30 September 1987, p. 14, col. 3; digital images(https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-joseph-gazette-obituary-for-eugene-l/156455560/ : accessed 02 Oct 2024).

    3. [S59] Missouri, Andrew County -- Savannah Cemetery (PACT), 4 Oct 2024, Rosetta M. Townsend, Section 14; photographed by the PACT Project.

    4. [S330] Missouri., Missouri, Andrew County -- The Savannah Reporter Newspaper (Newspapers.com), 5 Oct 2024, "Rosetta M. Townsend," 29 February 1996, p. 3, col. 1.