Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pennington, Lester M. January 7, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com October 22, 2013, 12:30 pm Lakewood News - Tues. Jan. 21, 1997 LAKE ODESSA – Lester M. Pennington, age 82, of Lake Odessa, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 1997 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Mr. Pennington was born on September 18, 1914 in Charlotte, the son of Floyd and Nellie (Holmes) Pennington. He was married to Martha Louise Shellenbarger on April 24, 1937 in Charlotte. They moved to thte Lake Odessa area in 1947. He was employed at the Nash Kelvinator Corporation for thirty years, retiring in 1976. He was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, Karon and Cecil Strimback, Curt E. Kidder and Chancey Alvin Harold Warren; one brother, Robert Pennington; one sister, Hazel Pennington; and one sister-in-law, Alice Pennington. He is survived by his wife, M. Louise; three daughters, Martha kidder of Lake Odessa, Joan (Alvin) Warren of Orangeville, Elaine (Joseph) Gorodenski of Nashville; three sons, Vaughn L. (Bonna) Pennington of Swartz Creek, Lonnie (Linda) Pennington of Grand Rapids, and Lynn (Eilene) Pennington of lake Odessa; twenty –six grandchildren; fifty great- grandchildren; one brother, Phillip Ira Pennington of Ionia; one sister-in-law, Ailene (Robert) Pennington of Ionia; one sister-in-law, Ailene (Robert) Pennington of Ionia. Funeral services were held on Friday, January 10, 1997 at the Koops Funeral Chapel of Lake Odessa with Reverend George Aton officiating. Interment took place at lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sebewa Church of God Building Fund. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cemetery - #4-E 222 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/penningt22732nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb