Official Obituary of
Marjorie Penrod
August 31, 1917 ~ July 26, 2013 (age 95) 95 Years Old
Marjorie Penrod Obituary
Marjorie Penrod, 95, passed away, Friday, July 26, 2013 at Albany Health Care and Rehabilitation in Albany.
Marjorie was born in Eaton on August 31, 1917 to John “Ray” and Vashti Carmichael. She graduated from Eaton High School and married Stephen Penrod. Together they had two children, Edward and Robert.
Marjorie served as the Eaton Town Clerk from 1976 to 1979 and worked for the Democrat Party at elections. She was twice awarded by the Governor of Indiana for the many hours she spent volunteering. Marjorie was very active at the Eaton First Church of God, where she served as a Sunday school teacher.
She is survived by her grandchildren: Greg Penrod, Janet White, Tony Penrod, John Penrod, Peggy Stonger, Steve Penrod, and Patrick Penrod, 19 great-grandchildren, and 31, great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents and husband Stephen, she was preceded in death by her two sons: Edward Penrod and Robert Penrod, four brothers: Gerald L. Carmichael, Malcolm K. Carmichael, Ray M. (Bud) Carmichael, and Sgt. Dale M. Carmichael, who was lost at the Bay of Bengal.
A Graveside Service will be held at Union Cemetery, 16301 N. State Road 3, Eaton, on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 1:00 P.M.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, Eaton.
Marjorie was born in Eaton on August 31, 1917 to John “Ray” and Vashti Carmichael. She graduated from Eaton High School and married Stephen Penrod. Together they had two children, Edward and Robert.
Marjorie served as the Eaton Town Clerk from 1976 to 1979 and worked for the Democrat Party at elections. She was twice awarded by the Governor of Indiana for the many hours she spent volunteering. Marjorie was very active at the Eaton First Church of God, where she served as a Sunday school teacher.
She is survived by her grandchildren: Greg Penrod, Janet White, Tony Penrod, John Penrod, Peggy Stonger, Steve Penrod, and Patrick Penrod, 19 great-grandchildren, and 31, great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents and husband Stephen, she was preceded in death by her two sons: Edward Penrod and Robert Penrod, four brothers: Gerald L. Carmichael, Malcolm K. Carmichael, Ray M. (Bud) Carmichael, and Sgt. Dale M. Carmichael, who was lost at the Bay of Bengal.
A Graveside Service will be held at Union Cemetery, 16301 N. State Road 3, Eaton, on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 1:00 P.M.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, Eaton.
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