Mary Ellen Townsend

Mary Ellen Townsend, age 93 years, of Pennington, NJ, died Friday, February 8, 2013, at Brandywine Assisted Living, Pennington, where she had resided three years.

Born in Summersville, West Virginia, February 2, 1920, daughter of the late Asa and Margaret Wiseman Stewart, she had formerly resided in Whitehall, PA., and also in Columbus, Ohio.

She was formerly an administrative assistant at Ohio State University for twenty years.

Her husband, John A. Townsend, died in 1998 and a daughter, Mollie Hardman, died in 2009.

Surviving are a son, Steven Townsend of Delaware Township, NJ; a sister Jean Downey of Columbus, OH.; and three grandchildren, Gregory Townsend, Rebecca Townsend and Adam Hardman.

Arrangements and interment will be private under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ.

For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit www.holcombefisher.com.