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In Memory of
Eleanor L.
Penka
Penka
1922 - 2014
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Obituary for Eleanor L. Penka
Dateline: Healy
Name: Eleanor L. Penka
Age: 91
Died: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita
Born: November 25, 1922 in Barton County
Parents: Joseph Francis & Mathilda (Beran) Birzer
Marriage; to Victor E. Penka on May 22, 1946 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church (North
Ellinwood) in Barton County. He died on May 11, 2002
Memberships: St Theresa Catholic Church
Altar Society & Daughters Of Isabella
Red Hatters Club
Midwestern Polka Club of Kansas
Eleanor attended school at Saints Peter and Paul School. She worked as a nanny before her marriage. She and her husband moved to Lane County in 1947 and she helped her husband on the family farm. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, gardening, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, & polka dancing. Her faith was very important to her as she made rosaries for her family and friends and prayed the rosary daily. She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband, infant son, 3 Grandchildren- Nicholas Menzer, Matthew Stoner & Monett LaPoint,
& 14 Brothers & Sisters- Mary Birzer, Anna Penka, Katherine Birzer, George Birzer, August Birzer, Clara Bahr, Albert Birzer, Elizabeth Ohnmacht, Emma Birzer, Helen Schartz, Robert Birzer, Laura Tinkel, Cecilia Denning, & James Birzer.
Survivors: 4 Sons Larry Penka Healy
Eugene Penka Dighton
William Penka Dighton
Terry Penka Dighton
2 Daughters Vicki Menzer Breckenridge, Colorado
Eloise Doran St John
3 Sisters Margaret Reichuber Hoisington
Inez Giessel Larned
Bertha Achatz Ellinwood
20 Grandchildren
26 Great-Grandchildren
Vigil Service: 7:00 PM Thursday
Place: St Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton
Funeral Mass: 10:30 AM Friday
Place: St Theresa Catholic Church
Celebrant: Rev Warren Stecklein
Burial: Dighton Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: St Theresa Catholic Church or Lane County Hospital
In care of Boomhower Funeral Home
Calling Hours: Noon to 5:30 PM Thursday at Boomhower Funeral Home
Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com
Boomhower Funeral Home 145 N Wichita, Box 891 Dighton, Ks 67839 620-397-5792
Name: Eleanor L. Penka
Age: 91
Died: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita
Born: November 25, 1922 in Barton County
Parents: Joseph Francis & Mathilda (Beran) Birzer
Marriage; to Victor E. Penka on May 22, 1946 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church (North
Ellinwood) in Barton County. He died on May 11, 2002
Memberships: St Theresa Catholic Church
Altar Society & Daughters Of Isabella
Red Hatters Club
Midwestern Polka Club of Kansas
Eleanor attended school at Saints Peter and Paul School. She worked as a nanny before her marriage. She and her husband moved to Lane County in 1947 and she helped her husband on the family farm. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, gardening, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, & polka dancing. Her faith was very important to her as she made rosaries for her family and friends and prayed the rosary daily. She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband, infant son, 3 Grandchildren- Nicholas Menzer, Matthew Stoner & Monett LaPoint,
& 14 Brothers & Sisters- Mary Birzer, Anna Penka, Katherine Birzer, George Birzer, August Birzer, Clara Bahr, Albert Birzer, Elizabeth Ohnmacht, Emma Birzer, Helen Schartz, Robert Birzer, Laura Tinkel, Cecilia Denning, & James Birzer.
Survivors: 4 Sons Larry Penka Healy
Eugene Penka Dighton
William Penka Dighton
Terry Penka Dighton
2 Daughters Vicki Menzer Breckenridge, Colorado
Eloise Doran St John
3 Sisters Margaret Reichuber Hoisington
Inez Giessel Larned
Bertha Achatz Ellinwood
20 Grandchildren
26 Great-Grandchildren
Vigil Service: 7:00 PM Thursday
Place: St Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton
Funeral Mass: 10:30 AM Friday
Place: St Theresa Catholic Church
Celebrant: Rev Warren Stecklein
Burial: Dighton Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: St Theresa Catholic Church or Lane County Hospital
In care of Boomhower Funeral Home
Calling Hours: Noon to 5:30 PM Thursday at Boomhower Funeral Home
Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com
Boomhower Funeral Home 145 N Wichita, Box 891 Dighton, Ks 67839 620-397-5792
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