Cyril Rhodes Townend & Elizabeth Wetherall of Goole
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From the Goole Times, 7th March 1924:
MRS C. R TOWNEND, GOOLE
We regret to record the death which took place at her home, Havelock House, Hook Road, Goole, on Sunday evening of Mrs Cyril Rhodes Townend, wife of Councillor C. R. Townend, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Goole Urban District Council. The deceased lady, who was 35 years of age, had only been ill for a short time and death supervened with tragic suddenness. She leaves, besides her widower, three young children.
The late Mrs Townend was the elder daughter [Elizabeth]
of Mr and Mrs Samuel Wetherall, of South Cliff, Bridlington, and
formerly of Goole. Of a genial, cheery personality, she had a wide
circle of friends in the port. Amongst other activities, she was
for some years a most energetic worker at the North Street Wesleyan
Church and it is pathetic to note that she was to have presided
over the crockery stall at the bazaar now being held under the auspices
of the Goole Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. From time to time the late
Mrs Townend had lent her efforts to charitable objects in the port
and she was a member of the Goole Golf Club.
Mrs Townend's demise cast quite a gloom over the opening ceremonies
at the bazaar on Wednesday and sympathetic references were made
by the clergy present.
The interment took place at the Goole Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon
in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, the
service at the graveside being conducted by the Revs H. Stephenson
and R. W. Pickersgill.
Previous to the interment a family service was held at the house
conducted by the Rev. H. Stephenson, the Rev. R. W. Pickersgill,
and the Rev. Thomas Seaton Davies, of Bridlington, minister of the
church at which the deceased lady's parents are worshippers.
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From the Goole Times, 19th February 1965:
LAST TRIBUTES TO MR C. R. TOWNEND
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF MAGISTRATES
Interment took place at Goole cemetery on Tuesday of Mr Cyril Rhodes Townend, of The Beeches, Snaith, who died in Goole Bartholemew hospital on Friday. He was 75.
Mr Townend was principal of the firm of accountants in Goole established
by his father, the late Mr G. W. Townend. In May last year he retired
from the Bench of the Goole-Selby division of magistrates, of which
he was its first chairman, after being a magistrate since 1936 and
chairman, for many years, of the Snaith Bench.
For three years, from 1924 to 1927, he was chairman of the Goole
Urban Council - a period which included the town and port's centenary
celebrations in July 1926 - and he served at one time or another
as chairman of all the Council's committees, being also a representative
of the Humberside Conservancy Board. It was during his membership
of the Council that Mr Townend played a large part in the initial
proposals for Goole's elevation to borough status, which was granted
in 1933, while he also represented the Council at an inquiry in
the House of Lords into the scheme to build Boothferry Bridge.
Mr Townend was a former president of the Hull, East Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire Society of Chartered Accountants, and for nine years
was chairman of the Goole Board of Hull Savings Bank until his retirement
because of ill-health.
He was a founder-member of the Rotary Club of Goole and its president
in 1935, and in his younger days he played cricket for Goole Town.
For many years he was president of the Snaith and District Cricket
League.
Mr Townend leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters.
Interment was preceded by a service at Goole Trinity Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. N. Swinburne.
The cortège was met at the entrance to the church by members
of Goole Corporation, led by the Mayor, Alderman R. Jolley, who
also read the lesson during the service. With the Mayor were the
Town Clerk (Mr P. D. Green), Aldermen G. I. Norman and Mrs J. G.
Crawford, Councillors E. Reid-Smith, Mrs P. Thomson, T. E. Addy,
and T. A. Jaques.
The Rev. W. M. Myles paid tribute to the life and work for the community
of Mr Townend - "a man who enjoyed the esteem of all the people
of Goole and district." Organist for the service was Mrs N.
Duckels.