Townsend, Randall Dale 'Randy'

Randall Dale “Randy” Townsend, 65, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at the Iowa City VA Health Care System following an extended illness. Celebration of Life: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Rotary Lodge at Wapsipinicon State Park in Anamosa. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion.

Survivors include his wife, Carol; three children, Cory (Jaime) Townsend, Dana Weber and Jon Townsend; a son-in-law, Kyle Weber; six grandchildren, Kaela, Madison, Cole, Chandler, Camden and Kaitlyn; and “papa” to many more.

Randy was born April 15, 1947, to an extended family. He graduated from Anamosa High School in 1965. Randy married Carol Achenbach on Feb. 28, 1970, in Anamosa. He worked as a plater at Rockwell Collins before serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam crisis. Randy was stationed in Germany. He protected the border of Russia. After the war he worked as an electrician for IBEW No. 405 in Cedar Rapids. As a journeyman he instructed new apprentices to the electrical construction trade.

Randy was an active member of Whitetail's Unlimited. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing, hunting, trapping, archery, guns and knives. Randy enjoyed teaching his skills to others at hunter safety courses and teaching all ages archery at the Anamosa Bow Hunters Club.

He was a devoted family man.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Randy's memory.

Please sign the online guest book for Randy at under obituaries.

Published Sept. 13, 2012, in The Gazette