JEANNETTE R. TOWNSEND, 87
HUBBARD -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Kelley-Robb Funeral Home for Jeannette R. Townsend, 87, of 34573 state Route 408, Townville, Pa., formerly of West Liberty Street, Hubbard, who died Friday morning at home.
Mrs. Townsend was born Aug. 3, 1913, in Orange, Ohio, a daughter of Floyd and Pearl Jones Chittle. She lived in Hubbard from 1941 until 1998 when she moved to Townville.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Free Gospel Church in Youngstown where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She and her husband were foster parents to more than 50 children. She was a charter member of Take Off Pounds Sensibly in Hubbard and she enjoyed crocheting afghans.
Her husband, Benjamin F., whom she married Jusne 12, 1937, died March 31, 1997.
She leaves two sons, Robert of Youngstown and James of Townville; a daughter, Benita Streb of Hubbard; a brother, George Chittle of Burton; a sister, Vivian Koebel of Hubbard; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
A sister, Olive Dobay, and a brother, Blanchard Chittle, are deceased.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
3/24/01