PENNEY, Gena B (Johnson) 1880-1962

PENNEY, JOHNSON, WAGNER, PROOSDY, HALSEY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/18/2013 at 16:39:48

Gena B. (Johnson) Penney – December 1, 1888 -- May 17, 1962

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GENA PENNEY SERVICES SET AT STACYVILLE

Stacyville – Mrs. George (Gena) Penney, 81, died Thursday at the Good Samaritan Home, Rochester, Minnesota. She was formerly a resident of Stacyville.

Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. Merle (Neva) Wagner, Rochester; Mrs. Van (Necia) Proosdy, Austin; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; two brothers; Percy and Sevrin Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her husband died April 1959.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hatten & Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Stacyville Cemetery.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday May 18, 1962

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Gena B Johnson was born December 1, 1880 in Leroy, Mower County, Minnesota, the daughter of Peter A and Rosa Johnson.

She married George William Penney, the son of
William Penney Jr. and Hannah M (Halsey) Penney.

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1900 US Census: LeRoy, Mower, Minnesota

Peter A Johnson 39 born November 1860 Wisconsin
Rosa 43 born January 1857 Wisconsin
Gena B 19 born December 1880 Minnesota
Sevren 17 born May 1883 Minnesota
Alfred 15 born February 1885 Minnesota
Bernie 13 born April 1887 Iowa
Percy 7 born September 1892 Minnesota