9/23/1935 - 9/29/2021
Robert “Bob” Penrod, age 86 a resident of rural Dunkirk passed away
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
He was a 1953 graduate of Geneva High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
He farmed in Knox Township, retired from International Harvester in Ft.
Wayne, and was a member of the Pennville Lions Club.
Bob Penrod was
born September 23, 1935 in Geneva, Indiana the son of Leander and Mildred
(Dunwiddie) Penrod. He was married to Thelma Ford on August 6, 1961. She
passed away on June 18, 1999.
Survivors Include:
2 Daughters-
Beth Bruns (Husband-Don), Coldwater, Ohio
Julie Penrod (Mike
Bruggeman), Dunkirk, Indiana
1 Son- Scott Penrod (wife-Michelle),
Dunkirk, Indiana
5 Grandchildren- Grace and Faith Bruns, Shelby
McGalliard, Calli Crosby, and Gage Penrod
2 Great grandchildren:
Jayden and Bryson Teeter
Visitation for family and friends will be
held from 4:00pm-8:00pm Wednesday in the Williamson-Spencer and Penrod
Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Thursday
at the funeral home with visitation 1 hour prior to the service. Pastor
Randy Davis will officiate the services and burial will follow in Lawndale
Cemetery east of Ridgeville, Indiana.
The family requests memorials
be directed to the Jay County Fair Association to plant trees.
Williamson-Spencer Funeral Home; September 30, 2021
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Lawndale Cemetery