Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Penfield, Boyed Edwin(Ed) February 9, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Boyed Edwin(Ed)Penfield
Sept. 29, 1919 - Feb. 9, 2005 

A Veteran of WWII, Ed was born in Coalinga, CA, where he lived with his 
mother, Ruth Hensley, at the ranch of his Uncle Frank Johnson and Aunt Grace. 
He worked as a cowboy for Rudnick Ranch in New Mexico and California before 
joining the service.

He married Frances Jean Nevin (Jeannie) before enlisting in the Army Air Corp 
in 1939, where he was stationed in Hobbs, New Mexico. He promoted to Staff 
Sergeant as a flight engineer on B-17 Bombers. In 1943 he volunteered to 
transfer into the Army Infantry, holding his rank. He was part of Pattons 
Third Army involved in the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge 
as a Platoon Leader in a Guard Company for Combat Engineers. His forces helped 
liberate a German Concentration Camp, met the Russians on the Elbe River, and 
were part of the occupation forces in Germany at the end of WWII.

After the war, he worked in the oil fields for Santa Fe Drilling with his 
stepdad, Pete Hensley. He later worked in the drilling dept. for Atlantic 
Richfield Company. In the early 1960s he went into business for himself, 
owning and operating service stations, a liquor store, and finally a gun shop. 
He moved his gun shop to Eugene, Oregon in 1967. After selling the business, 
he and Jeannie moved to Maui, Hawaii in 1971. Three years later they bought a 
farm in Brownsville, Oregon. Jeannie passed away in February, 1980.

He later met and married Dawn Ward, and they moved to Meridian, Idaho.

Ed passed away in Boise, Idaho, of complications from congestive heart failure.

He was preceded in death by his eldest son, Robert (Bob) Penfield in November 
1976.

He is survived by his widow, Dawn, his sons, Frank Penfield, Lenard Penfield 
and wife, Carol, and granddaughter, Suellen Penfield, and her mother, Janice 
Penfield.

A memorial service will be held in Meridian, Idaho, Sunday, February 20, at a 
private home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Active Duty Families, c/o 
Veterans of Kern County, Inc., 1120 Golden State Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301. 


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