Belva Quillen Townsend, 84

OCEAN VIEW - Belva Quillen Townsend, age 84, of Ocean View, went home to be with the Lord after a valiant struggle with cancer on Thursday, June 25, 2009. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Louis G. Townsend. She is survived by a son, Barry Townsend and wife Dee; a daughter, Janet Cooper and husband Jack; three grandchildren, Tracy Hurley, Jill Dixon and Guy Cooper; four great-grandchildren; one brother and three sisters. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the Frankford Chapel of Melson Funeral Services, Frankford, where friends and family may call after 1 p.m. Interment will be at St. George's Cemetery, Clarksville. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Blackwater Fellowship Church, 34478 Roxana Rd., Frankford, DE 19945.