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Elzene Loletta Gourley Penton

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Birth	:	28 Nov 1906 Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	22 Jul 1987 Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9389000, -94.9747009
Description	:	Elzena Loletta Gourley was born November 28, 1906 in Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa to Maud Lola Prather and Fletcher Gourley. Information found in the Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa, Birth Records, Book 1897-1908, page 87 Elzene Loletta Gourley, age 23, born in Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa to Fletcher Gourley and Maude Prather, married Waldo Willett Penton, 30, born in Villisca to L. B. Penton and Effie Willett, married on October 1, 1929 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa by George A. Lawton, Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. Information found in the Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak,... Read More	Elzena Loletta Gourley was born November 28, 1906 in Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa to Maud Lola Prather and Fletcher Gourley. Information found in the Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa, Birth Records, Book 1897-1908, page 87 Elzene Loletta Gourley, age 23, born in Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa to Fletcher Gourley and Maude Prather, married Waldo Willett Penton, 30, born in Villisca to L. B. Penton and Effie Willett, married on October 1, 1929 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa by George A. Lawton, Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. Information found in the Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa, marriage records, book 14, page 600 PENTON, ELZENE 28 Nov 1906 Jul 1987 80 50864 (Villisca, Montgomery, IA) (none specified) Iowa Elzene Loletta Penton, 80, widow of Waldo Willett Penton who she married on October 1, 1929 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. She was born November 28, 1906 in Morton Mills, Montgomery County, Iowa to Fletcher Gourley and Lola Maude Prather. She died July 22, 1987 in the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa following cardiac arrest, CVA, Dr. Edward Pillar, Red Oak, burial in the Villisca Cemetery, July 24, 1987, Wolfe Funeral Home in charge. Information found in the Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa, book 1968-1991, page 507 ELZENE PENTON Funeral services for Elzene Penton, 80, were held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 24, 1987, at the Villisca United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steven Wainwright officiating. Organist was Anabelle White with Mary Lynn Poston as soloist. Evelyn Williams, Lenore Enarson, and Katherine Wright were at the guest register. Pall bearers were Roger Poston, Wally Williams, Tom Focht, Marvin Focht, Floyd Gourley, Dwight Lewis, and Fred Gourley. Burial was in the Villisca Cemetery. Elzene Loretta Penton, daughter of Fletcher and Lola Maud Prather Gourley, was born November 29, 1906, at Morton Mills, Iowa and passed away Wednesday, July 22, 1987, at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Mrs. Penton graduated from Villisca High School in 1924. She then taught school for four years. On October 1, 1929, she was married to Waldo Penton. They lived on a farm southwest of Villisca until 1974, when they moved to town. Mrs. Penton is survived by one son, Jerry and his wife Sandy, four grandchildren, Julie, Joe, Steve, and Brian, and one brother Alvin Gourley of Carlinville, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband, Waldo on March 30, 1979; one sister, Irene Focht; and three brothers, Walter, Ralph, and Floyd. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church, Villisca Rescue, or Villisca Library. Wolfe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, July 39, 1987, page 7

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Elzene Loletta Gourley Penton's memorial is located at: Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA.
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Elzene Loletta Gourley Penton death on 22 Jul 1987 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9389000
Longitude: -94.9747009

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Waldo Willett Penton

(1899 - 1979)

Siblings

Ashbury Floyd M. Gourley

(1903 - 1967)

Walter Lee Gourley

(1915 - 1986)

Children

Gerald Fletcher Penton

(1937 - 2008)

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