Annie Marie Townsley ^{2217,2219,2221,2222,2235,2236,2278,2279,2280,2281}

  General Notes:

The death certificate for her daughter Clara May (Cripps) Laing shows the maiden name of her mother to be Townsend. The interview of Annie Marie's son Herbert W. Cripps in March of 2001 from Kamloops B.C. indicated that the maiden name was Townsley. A follow up with Herbert W. Cripps on March 18, 2001 confirms that the correct name is Townsley.
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Red Deer Advocate, March 7, 1975

Long Time Clive resident dead at 92
Funeral services were held Friday for a long time resident of the Clive district.
Mrs. Annie Marie Cripps, mother of former Red Deer Exhibition board member Frank Cripps, died Tuesday (Feb 25, 1975.. ed.) in Red Deer General Hospital. She was 92.
Mrs. Cripps, the daughter of George Nelson and Annie Marie Townsley, was born Dec 7, 1882 in Parry Sound, Ont. She came west and married William C. Cripps in Rgina in 1902. They lived on a homestead at Milestone, Sask. and later purchased a farm near Avonlea, Sask.
In 1919, they moved to a farm in the Pleasant Valley area of the Clive district, where they resided until the spring of 1963. Mrs. Cripps then moved to Lacome, where she lived until moving to Twilight Lodge in Red Deer.
She resided in Red Deer at her death.
She was active in the community, helping children in their sports programs and in the church.
She is survived by four sons, Jack of Penticton, B.C., Herbert of Kamloops, B.C., Ernest of Kelowna, B.C. and Frank of Red Deer; 15 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Cripps was predeceased by her husband; two daughters, Mary Jane O'Hare in 1961 and Clara M. Lang (sp) in 1968; and three grandchildren.
Rev. Harold Jenner officiated at funeral services from lthe Eventide Funeral Chapel in Rd Deer. Burial followed in Alto-Reste Memorial Gardens.
Eventide Funeral Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence, 1901, Regina, Sask. ²²⁸¹

Annie married William Cranston Cripps, son of John (Jack) Cripps and Sarah Dodds, in 1902 in Regina, Sask. ^2216,2217.^,2233 (William Cranston Cripps was born on 9 Jan 1881 in Stisted twp, Muskoka, Ontario,^{1443,2221,2229,2272,2274} died on 19 Jan 1963 in Lacombe, Alberta ^1443,2216 and was buried on 22 Jan 1963 in Alto- Reste Memorial Gardens, Red Deer, Alberta ^1443,2274.)

  Marriage Notes:

The Cripps and the Townsley families knew each other when they lived in Muskoka area of Ontario, prior to moving to Saskatchewan, ²²⁸³