TOWNE

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 03:53:30 :

Independent Journal
Wednesday, March 21, 1979
Page 4

LES TOWNE

Memorial service is pending for Les Towne, a longtime horse trainer in the Marin and Sonoma area.

Towne, 86, died Friday at a local convalescent hospital after a long illness.

A native of Iowa, Towne came to California after serving with the Army during World War I.

He had lived in the Marin and Sonoma area for about 40 or 50 years and worked as a cowboy and horse trainer on ranches in the Petaluma area.

During the summers he was also a packer on horse trains at the Cascade Stables in the Lake Tahoe area.

Before his illness, he lived for many years with friends, Eleanor and Ove Hansen in the Atherton Avenue area of Novato.

No closely related family members survive him.