OBITUARY: Dr. Robert Wayne Pennington, Mitchell County, Iowa

[ Mitchell County Press online at www.mcpress.com   6/13/2001 ]


               Dr. Robert Wayne Pennington [1930-2001]

Funeral services were held Monday, June 11, 2001 at Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, Osage, for Dr. Robert Wayne Pennington, age 70, of 626 Poplar, Osage.
Rev. Rick Magstadt of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church officiated
and burial was in the Osage Cemetery. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage,
was in charge of arrangements. He died Thursday, June 7, 2001 at St. Mary's
Hospital in Rochester, MN of complications of melanoma.

Bob Pennington was born June 26, 1930 in Washington County, Iowa the son of
Rev. George C. and Minerva (Jones) Pennington. He lived his early years in
small southeast Iowa towns. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1948.

From 1952 to 1956 he served in the U. S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier
Midway as a hospital corpsman and x-ray technician. On June 5, 1954, in
Monroe, he married his high school sweetheart and lifelong companion, Sarah
(Sally) Van Doorninck.  Daniel, Cynthia and Juli were born to them.

He studied at Iowa State University, graduating a Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine in 1962. He practiced in Osage from 1964 to 1991. After retiring
from veterinary practice, he served as Mitchell County Supervisor from 1996
to 2000, promoting community projects including the MCRHC-Osage Hospital
and the new Mitchell County Sheriff's Office/Jail.

He served his community through the Christian and Missionary Alliance church,
the Osage Community School Board, the Osage Library Board and the Kiwanis
Club. From his boyhood he bred and raised pigeons and won many championships
in the pigeon fancy. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and bird watching and
found great solace in the natural surroundings at the New Haven Potholes.

He loved to sing hymns in harmony and enjoyed a house filled with music.
His quick wit and deep laugh betrayed a tender heart. He faced life without
pretense and made fun of lifes'indignities. He valued hard work and
integrity.  Above all, Bob treasured his faith in Christ and his family.
He enjoyed his veterinary profession, his camaraderie with farmers, quiet
times with his birds and the morning coffee group and travels to explore
new places.

Those thankful for sharing his life are his wife, Sally; a son, Dr. Daniel
Pennington of Mason City along with his wife, Joan and children Laura and
Claire; a daughter Cynthia Walton of Bangkok, Thailand with her husband,
Kevin and children Joshua, Amy, Jonathan and Lukas; and a daughter, Julie
Servatius of Maplewood, MN with her husband, John. He is also survived by
his mother, Minerva Pennington of Columbus Junction, IA; a brother, Rev.
Paul Pennington of Keokuk; a sister, Marty Murry of Columbus Junction; and
many nieces and nephews.  He is preceded in death by his father, the Rev.
George Pennington and a brother, John Pennington.

Memorials may be sent to the Bob Pennington Memorial Fund to support Bob's
interest in his church, nature conservation and cancer research.


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