Kootenai County ID Archives Obituaries.....Penrod, Jesse Samuel September 25, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com September 27, 2005, 11:31 pm Coeur d'Alene Press - The Daily Bee Jesse Samuel Penrod, 78 Jesse Samuel Penrod, 78, Ponderay, passed away Sunday morning, Sept. 25, 2005, at his home, after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Born March 29, 1927, to Jesse B. and Vela (Wade) Penrod, in Sandpoint, he attended schools in Sandpoint until enlisting and serving in the Navy from May 1945 to September 1949 during World War II. Jesse married Catherine M. Durand on Nov. 4, 1950. He worked in the construction of the Cabinet Gorge Dam in the 1950s, and then worked as a pole inspector for "Ed" Senft Inspection Agency. Jesse later bought Ed out. He retired in 1989. He was a member of the Elks Golf Coarse and loved his game of golf until his decline in health. Jesse dedicated the last 30 years of his life caring for his wife at home, after an accident in 1975 left her a paraplegic. Jesse is survived by his wife of 54 years, Catherine, at home in Ponderay; son Doug Penrod, Ponderay; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Eric Knudtsen, granddaughters Brianna and Cailyn Knudtsen, all of Coeur d'Alene. Private family service will be held at a later date. Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d'Alene Chapel, was entrusted with arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made to Bonner Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1448, Sandpoint, ID 83864. Please visit Jesse's memorial and sign his online guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com. Additional Comments: Coeur d'Alene Press - The Daily Bee Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho <> Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased. 27 September 2005 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/kootenai/obits/p/penrod881gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb