Penrod, Myrtle

1899 - 1985  (85 years)

• Name	Penrod, Myrtle
  		Florence, Mary, Walter, Inda, Jim, Myrtle Mitchell and Archie McCracken Contributed by Vickie Sue (Pemberton) McCracken (1960-2014)
  Birth	22 Oct 1899  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PENR.M001
  _FGRAVE	24199878
  Death	13 Oct 1985	Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	17 Oct 1985	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Mitchell, Myrtle and James C.
  Person ID	I242	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Mitchell - ? James Mitchell and ? Descendants, Mitchell - Pendleton Joseph Henry 'Joe' Mitchell and Elizabeth Anna Pendleton Descendants, Pendleton - Wilson Jonathan Pendleton and Eliza Ann Wilson Descendants
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Penrod, Samuel Ducksworth,   b. 8 Sep 1867, Illinois d. 28 Feb 1950 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Shelby, Mary C.,   b. 7 May 1874, Illinois d. 1917 (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mitchell, James Calvin 'Jim',   b. 30 Nov 1897, Illinois d. 2 Oct 1964, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1916  [1, 3, 4]
  	Wayne County, Volume E, Page 178, License# 360
  Age at Marriage	She was 17 years - He was 18 years and 11 months.
  Children	1. Mitchell, G.   2. Mitchell, L.M. + 3. Mitchell, Luella M.,   b. 15 Sep 1921, Illinois d. 17 Mar 2016, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 94 years) + 4. Mitchell, Hilah Jean,   b. 29 Apr 1925, Wayne County, Illinois d. 5 Nov 1988 (Age 63 years) + 5. Mitchell, James Corven 'Cork',   b. 19 Dec 1927, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois d. 13 Feb 1997, Alliance Community Hospital, Minerva, Ohio (Age 69 years) + 6. Mitchell, Evelyn Joyce,   b. 26 May 1930, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois d. 8 Jan 2001, Eastview Terrace Nursing Home, Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois (Age 70 years) + 7. Mitchell, Etta Marie,   b. 14 Jun 1933, Wayne County, Illinois d. Jan 1979, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 45 years)   8. Mitchell, Infant,   b. 29 Mar 1937, Elm River Township, Wayne County, Illinois d. 29 Mar 1937, Elm River Township, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 0 years) + 9. Mitchell, Denzle Lee,   b. 16 Jun 1938   d. 28 Dec 1968, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 13 Oct 1985 - Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 17 Oct 1985 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Myrtle Mitchell, 85, of Clay City, died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the Olney Care Center in Olney. Visitation and services will be held at Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City. Burial will be in the Clay City Cemetery. She was born Oct. 22, 1899, in Wayne County, the daughter of Samuel and Christina Shelby Penrod. She arried James Mitchell on Oct. 26, 1916 in Wayne County and he preceded her in death in 1964. She is survived by twp sons, J.C. Mitchell of Minerva, Ohio and Gary Mitchell of Findlay; four daughters, Mrs. ucille Sheraden of Fairfield, Mrs. Louella Sharp of Fairfield, Mrs. Evalyn Young of Clay City and Mrs. Hilah Nimnicht of Washington, Ind.; one sister, Frances Bunnage of Albion; 24 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sons and a daughter. She was a member of the Clay City Church of God. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Oct, 1985.

  
  

• Sources

  [S95] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Mitchell, Myrtle and James C., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24199878/myrtle-mitchell), none. (Reliability: 2). [S97] Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes, Obituary, Sharp, Luella Mae, (https://www.kistler-patterson.com/obituaries/Luella-Mae-Sharp?obId=825260), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14341] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index,, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp) (Reliability: 2). [S96] Obituary, Mitchell, Jim, 66, none. (Reliability: 2).