Francis Charles Towles

Abt 1922 - 2002  (80 years)

• Name	Francis Charles Towles  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1922	New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jun 2002
  Person ID	I35417	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Frank Lyman Towles,   b. 19 Feb 1901, New York d. Feb 1978 (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mabel Beatrice Hess,   b. Abt 1904, New York d. Jul 1963 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Sep 1919	Adams, New York
  Family ID	F13200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Marjorie Hobbs,   b. 1921   d. Mar 2000 (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Francis David Towles   2. Douglas Sidney Towles   3. Susan Towles
  Family ID	F11343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  FRANCIS C. TOWLES - SCHOELLER PAPERS RETIREE Watertown Daily Times (NY) - June 11, 2002 The funeral for Francis C. Towles, 81, of 4920 N. Jefferson St., will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville, with the Rev. Terry E. Plaugher, pastor of Fernwood Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Orwell Cemetery. Mr. Towles died Sunday evening in James Square Health and Rehabilitation Center, Syracuse, where he had been a patient since May 16. Calling hours will be 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He worked in the power plant unit at Schoeller Technical Papers Inc. from 1966 until his retirement in 1985. He previously had operated a dairy farm and worked at the milk plant in Mexico. He was a member of the Fernwood Baptist Church and he enjoyed woodworking. Born July 16, 1920, in the town of Ellisburg, son of Frank and Mabel Hess Towles, he attended the Taylor Settlement rural school. He worked on various dairy farms and drove milk truck in the southern part of the county. He married Edith M. Hobbs on Sept. 20, 1940, in Adams. The couple moved to the Pulaski area in 1941. She died March 7, 2000. Surviving are a daughter, Susan Green, Minetto; two sons, F. David, Richland, and Douglas S., Pulaski; six sisters, Eva Sochia, St. Regis Falls, Ruby Jackson, Pulaski, Ruth Peters, Rodman, Shirley Stewart, Watertown, Rosmary Hedger, Adams, and Paula Cobb, Mannsville; six brothers, Bert, Alexandria Bay, Donald, Watertown, Ralph and Raymond, both of Adams, Allen, Pulaski, and Ronald, Mannsville, six granddaughters and five great- grandchildren. A sister, Iva Bartlett, and two brothers, John and Alfred, died before him. Donations may be made to Fernwood Baptist Church, 146 County Route 41A, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142, or to a Hospice organization of one's choice. FRANCIS C. TOWLES Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - June 12, 2002Browse Issues Edition: FinalSection: ObitPage: B4Readability: 4-5 grade level (Lexile: 800) Francis C. Towles, 81, of 4920 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski, died Sunday at James Square Health & Rehabilitation Centre, Syracuse. He was born in Ellisburg. He retired in 1985 as plant operator for Schoeller Paper Co. in Pulaski after 19 1/2 years. His wife, Edith M., died in 2000. Survivors: A daughter, Susan Green of Minetto; two sons, F. David of Richland and Douglas S. of Pulaski; six sisters, Eva Sochia of St. Regis Falls, Ruby Jackson of Pulaski, Ruth Peters of Rodman, Shirley Stewart of Watertown, Rosemary Hedger of Adams and Paula Cobb of Mannsville; six brothers, Bert of Alexandria Bay, Donald of Watertown, Ralph and Raymond, both of Adams, Allen of Pulaski and Ronald of Mannsville; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home. Burial, Orwell Cemetery. Calling hours, 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, 7883 state Route 289, Belleville. Contributions: Fernwood Baptist Church, 146 county Route 41A, Pulaski 13142.

  
  

• Sources

  [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York; Roll: T627_2544; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 23-28.