OBITUARY: Ruth E. (Penney) Arnold, Mitchell County, Iowa [Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted June 5, 2002] Ruth E. (Penney) Arnold Funeral services were held Monday, June 3, 2002 for Ruth E. (Penney) Arnold, age 75, of Mason City and formerly of Little Cedar at the Little Cedar United Methodist Church in Little Cedar. The Rev. Robert W. Lemmermann officiated. Inter-ment was in the Little Cedar Cemetery. She died Thursday, May 30, 2002 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Ruth was born June 18, 1926 in Little Cedar the daughter of Clinton "Joe" and Thelma (McPhail) Penney. Ruth graduated from Little Cedar High School in 1943 and then received her teaching degree from Luther College in Decorah, IA. She taught elementary school for various school districts throughout South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. She began her teaching career in a rural school in Mitchell County. From there she taught for a number of years in Lansing and Osage. She continued her career teaching in Sioux Falls, SD and Richfield, MN, before moving to Mason City. She was an active supporter of school and college activities that her children were involved in. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Dean and Rex Penney. Ruth is survived by two daughters, Patricia Fankell and husband Bill of Des Moines, Penney Arnold of Des Moines, one son Mark Arnold of Spokane, WA and one sister, Maxine McSweeney and her husband Bob of Osage. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage was in charge of arrangements. Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************