Towsley, Charles

1885 - 1968  (83 years)

• Name	Towsley, Charles
  Birth	4 Apr 1885	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Education - High School	1904	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Kaukauna High School Class of 1904
  Death	7 Jun 1968	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	8 Jun 1968
  Manitowoc Hearld Times
  Funeral services for Charles Towsley, 83, of 1510A Clark St., Manitowoc, who died Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient two weeks, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Krist Caune will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Appleton. Mr. Towsley was born April 4, 1885, at Kaukauna, son of the late Frederick and Ella Tweller Towsley. He was a 1904 graduate of Kaukauna high school and worked as a bank clerk at Kaukauna from 1904 until 1940, then moved to Manitowoc and began operation of a grocery store on N. Ninth Street. During World War II he worked at Manitowoc Ship building Inc., and in 1948 resumed the grocery store business at 18th Street and New York Avenue which he continued until retirement in 1958. He married the former Caroline Jaheriss June 6, 1911. Mr. Towsley was a member of the St. Paul Methodist church and the Knights of Pythias, Lodge 82, of which he was secretary and a 50-year member of the Kaukauna Masonic Lodge No. 233. Survivors include the wife; a son, Karl, of Appleton; a daughter, Jane, at home; a sister, Mrs. Fred W. Barnstein, of Manitowoc and three grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded him in death. Manitowoc Herald Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) June 8, 1968
  Reference Number	9986
  Person ID	I340628	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Towsley, Frederick,   b. 22 May 1858, Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA d. 13 Feb 1928, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Smith, Ella Marion Terwilliger,   b. Abt Jan 1859   d. 17 Sep 1917, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F212905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unknown, Carolyn,   b. 16 Dec 1887   d. 29 Dec 1977 (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Towsley, Karl,   b. 26 Jan 1918   d. 9 Apr 2013 (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F213869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2017