DEATH: Elfea Louise Townsend, 99

Elfea Louise Townsend, 99, an artist, musician and homemaker, died Feb. 18 at Enterprise.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Old Mission Mortuary, 3424 E. 21st St., Wichita.

Burial will be at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita.

She was born Oct. 18, 1915, to John and Augusta (Hamm) Schettak in Dickinson County. Her husband, Wilbur, preceded her in death.

Survivors include children Carolyn and husband Bill Rutherford of Wichita, Madolyn and husband Bill Shields of Parsons and Michael and wife Lynne Townsend of Abilene; sister Frances Kreutziger of Hillsboro; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

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