OBITUARY: S. Earl Penney, 1899-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 27, 1996 (edited)] S. Earl Penney OSAGE, IOWA--S. Earl Penney, 97, Osage, died Wednesday (Sept. 25, 1996) at the Faith Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Robert Barrick officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery, with military rites by the American Legion Post #278 of Osage; and a Masonic service at the grave by the Osage Lodge #102 A.F. & A.M. The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements. S. Earl Penney was born May 16, 1899, at Stacyville, Mitchell county, Iowa. Survivors include one son, Stephen Gregg Penney of Richfield, Minn.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one son, one sister and two brothers. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)