TOWNSEND

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 05:02:54 :

Independent Journal
Tuesday, September 16, 1980
Page 4

JAMES E. TOWNSEND

James E. Townsend of San Rafael, a Marin resident for almost 50 years and a commercial real estate broker, died Monday at a local hospital. He was 91.

Townsend was a native of El Paso, Texas. He was raised there and graduated in 1906 from the University of Chicago. His father was a state Supreme Court judge sitting in El Paso.

He worked in Mexico for several years representing a beef packing firm and then moved to California. He has lived in Marin since 1934.

He was a broker in commercial real estate in Marin before his retirement. He was married in 1923. His wife, Margaret, died a few years ago.

He is survived by two sons, James Townsend Jr. of Moraga and Charles Townsend of Bakersfield.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo.

The family prefers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society.

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Arrangements by Daphne’s, Corte Madera