Mrs. CHARLES (Ella May Pettit) JENNEWINE

RUSSELL, PETTIT, JENNEWINE, LAPEYROUSE, CHAPPETTA, BAYHL, SEICSHNAYDRE

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/30/2004 at 18:20:09

Former Resident Passes Away Dec. 29

Funeral services were held at New Orleans, Louisiana for Ella May Pettit Jennewine, 97, on December 30, who passed away December 29, at New Orleans.

Ella Pettit, daughter of John L. Pettit and Delilah Russell, was born on a farm near Rossville where she spent her girlhood days. On October 25, 1888 she was married to Charles Jennewine. They were the parents of eight children. They made their home in Postville and Hardin before moving to New Orleans several years ago.

She was the wife of the late Charles H. Jennewine; mother of Mrs. D. L. Lapeyrouse, Mrs. Bessie Chappetta, Mrs. G. F. Bayhl, and the late Mrs. L. V. Seicshnaydre, Sr., Robert, Charles, James and Max Jennewine; six grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1963, from my mother's obituary collection.

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