Patricia Wilkins Townsend

TOWNSEND, Patricia Wilkins, 83, retired management analyst and editor for the U.S. Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C., died at Inova Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia on December 4, 2008 of a brief illness. Patricia Wilkins Townsend was born in Altanta, Georgia on September 26, 1925. She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee before marrying Capt. Marland W. Townsend Jr., a U.S. Navy fighter and test pilot in 1947. The marriage ended in divorce. Mrs. Townsend settled in Alexandria in the mid-1970s. She was an ardent genealogist and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Virginia Historical Society. She was a long-standing member of St. Paul's Church in Old Town, Alexandria. Beloved mother of Margaret P. Townsend of Alexandria, she is survived by her daughter; and one son, Andrew Townsend of Costa Rica; and many devoted friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to either Carpenter's Shelter (930 North Henry Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314) and/or the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (4101 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22304).
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.