Funeral services were held at the Wolfe Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday for Mrs. Elizabeth Erkenbrack Penwell, 89, who died at the Dr. J. Clark Cooper hospital rooms here Wednesday night.
The Rev. W. S. Bowden was in charge of the services and Cecil Weaver sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. John Wheeler. Pall bearers were grandsons os Mrs. Penwell.
Elizabeth M. Erkenbrack, daughter of Mary and William Erkenbrack, was born in Johnston, New York on June 30, 1853. During her girlhood she moved with her parents to Aurora, Illinois and later traveled by covered wagon to Burlington, Iowa, where they bought tickets to Villisca on eat Burlington Railroad’s first train over this route.
On June 29, 1871, she was married to James M. Penwell in Page County and spent over half a century in this area. She moved to Villisca in the spring of 1927. Her husband preceded her death.
Mrs. Penwell is survived by five daughters and five sons; Bert Penwell, Colorado Spings, Colorado; Mrs. Cora Elrick, Mrs. Amy Upp, and Ben Penwell, all of Carpenter, Wyoming; Mrs. Allie Day, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Dilla Shum, Clarinda, Dave Penwell, Morton, Mills, William Penwell, Guss, and Clarence Penwell, Villisca; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McCoy of Villisca and Mrs. William Freelin of Omaha; one brother, Joe Erkenbrack of Washington State, 43 grand children and many great grandchildren.
Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, January 21, 1943, page 5
The Rev. W. S. Bowden was in charge of the services and Cecil Weaver sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. John Wheeler. Pall bearers were grandsons os Mrs. Penwell.
Elizabeth M. Erkenbrack, daughter of Mary and William Erkenbrack, was born in Johnston, New York on June 30, 1853. During her girlhood she moved with her parents to Aurora, Illinois and later traveled by covered wagon to Burlington, Iowa, where they bought tickets to Villisca on eat Burlington Railroad’s first train over this route.
On June 29, 1871, she was married to James M. Penwell in Page County and spent over half a century in this area. She moved to Villisca in the spring of 1927. Her husband preceded her death.
Mrs. Penwell is survived by five daughters and five sons; Bert Penwell, Colorado Spings, Colorado; Mrs. Cora Elrick, Mrs. Amy Upp, and Ben Penwell, all of Carpenter, Wyoming; Mrs. Allie Day, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Dilla Shum, Clarinda, Dave Penwell, Morton, Mills, William Penwell, Guss, and Clarence Penwell, Villisca; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McCoy of Villisca and Mrs. William Freelin of Omaha; one brother, Joe Erkenbrack of Washington State, 43 grand children and many great grandchildren.
Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, January 21, 1943, page 5
Funeral services were held at the Wolfe Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday for Mrs. Elizabeth Erkenbrack Penwell, 89, who died at the Dr. J. Clark Cooper hospital rooms here Wednesday night.
The Rev. W. S. Bowden was in charge of the services and Cecil Weaver sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. John Wheeler. Pall bearers were grandsons os Mrs. Penwell.
Elizabeth M. Erkenbrack, daughter of Mary and William Erkenbrack, was born in Johnston, New York on June 30, 1853. During her girlhood she moved with her parents to Aurora, Illinois and later traveled by covered wagon to Burlington, Iowa, where they bought tickets to Villisca on eat Burlington Railroad’s first train over this route.
On June 29, 1871, she was married to James M. Penwell in Page County and spent over half a century in this area. She moved to Villisca in the spring of 1927. Her husband preceded her death.
Mrs. Penwell is survived by five daughters and five sons; Bert Penwell, Colorado Spings, Colorado; Mrs. Cora Elrick, Mrs. Amy Upp, and Ben Penwell, all of Carpenter, Wyoming; Mrs. Allie Day, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Dilla Shum, Clarinda, Dave Penwell, Morton, Mills, William Penwell, Guss, and Clarence Penwell, Villisca; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McCoy of Villisca and Mrs. William Freelin of Omaha; one brother, Joe Erkenbrack of Washington State, 43 grand children and many great grandchildren.
Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, January 21, 1943, page 5
The Rev. W. S. Bowden was in charge of the services and Cecil Weaver sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. John Wheeler. Pall bearers were grandsons os Mrs. Penwell.
Elizabeth M. Erkenbrack, daughter of Mary and William Erkenbrack, was born in Johnston, New York on June 30, 1853. During her girlhood she moved with her parents to Aurora, Illinois and later traveled by covered wagon to Burlington, Iowa, where they bought tickets to Villisca on eat Burlington Railroad’s first train over this route.
On June 29, 1871, she was married to James M. Penwell in Page County and spent over half a century in this area. She moved to Villisca in the spring of 1927. Her husband preceded her death.
Mrs. Penwell is survived by five daughters and five sons; Bert Penwell, Colorado Spings, Colorado; Mrs. Cora Elrick, Mrs. Amy Upp, and Ben Penwell, all of Carpenter, Wyoming; Mrs. Allie Day, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Dilla Shum, Clarinda, Dave Penwell, Morton, Mills, William Penwell, Guss, and Clarence Penwell, Villisca; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McCoy of Villisca and Mrs. William Freelin of Omaha; one brother, Joe Erkenbrack of Washington State, 43 grand children and many great grandchildren.
Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, January 21, 1943, page 5
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