OBITUARIES: Kenneth F. & Mary Annabelle (Robarge) Penzkover, Barron Co., WI

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information 
on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as 
this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may 
NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other 
persons or organizations.

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes 
other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file 
contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, 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.

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:  
Kent Robarge <kent.robarge@weyerhaeuser.com>  26 March 2001	
====================================================================

Kenneth F. and Mary Annabelle (Robarge) Penzkover

From Rice Lake Chronotype, Dec. 4, 1968

HL: Ten Children Orphans After Saturday Wreck

"Ten young children in the Mikana area - the oldest 19 - were left orphans 
shortly after midnight Saturday, as both of their parents were killed in a 
one car accident just west of Rice Lake.  The victims - ninth and tenth 
highway fatalities of the year in Barron county - were Mrs. and Mrs. Kenneth 
Penzkover, who skidded from Highway 48 as they were en route home after 
attending a family wedding anniversary celebration earlier that evening at 
Cumberland.

Funeral services for the couple were held Wednesday morning from Our Lady of 
Lourdes Catholic church at Dobie, with Rev. John Kauer officiating, and 
burial was made in the church cemetery.  The children are staying temporarily 
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Slayton, Jr. near Dobie - their maternal 
aunt and uncle. Final decisions on where they'll find a new home are to be 
considered at a conference Thursday between members of the parents' families 
and Mrs. Ellen Olson, county social service worker.

The youngsters include Kathleen, 19; Alan, 17, and Alice, 16, both in the 
Rice Lake high school; Carol, 14, Rose, 13 and John, 12, junior high 
students; Bruce, 9, and Charles, 8, both attending school at Brill.  The two 
youngest children, Mariann, 4, and Mark, 2, as well as a grandchild, Keith, 
13 months old, had been at home.  Robert Koepp, town of Cedar Lake chairman, 
announced Wednesday that plans are being made to raise a local fund for the 
benefit of the children.  Cash contributions may be left at the Mikana store, 
he said, or persons who wish to aid may contact Mrs. Tom Howard.

County traffic officers who investigated the accident Saturday night said 
that Penzkover's car apparently hit an icy spot on the road just west of 
the intersection of Highways 48 and 25, skidded down a 20 foot bank, and 
then rolled several times. Both occupants were thrown from the car, and 
Penzkover was apparently instantly killed. His wife also died at the scene, 
before help could be summoned.

Mr. Penzkover, who was born Jan. 2, 1924 in Rice Lake, was a veteran of 
World War II, and had recently been employed in factory work at Waukesha, 
commuting home for the weekends.  In addition to his children, he is survived 
by his mother, Mrs. Mary Penzkover of Rice Lake, and by three sisters, Mrs. 
Ethel Bennett of Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Ruth Grant of San Francisco, and Mrs. 
Mary Fields of Cazenovia, Wis., and five brothers, Henry of Spooner, Vernon 
of Wisconsin Rapids, Donald of Milwaukee, Harold of Rice Lake and Richard of 
Detroit.

Mrs. Penzkover, the former Annabelle Robarge, was born in Rice Lake July 3, 
1928, and had spent her entire life in this area. She is also survived by 
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Robarge and a grandmother, Mrs. Alice Labrie, 
in addition to six sisters, Mrs. Marcella Hoff of Minneapolis, Mrs. Maxine 
Slayton and Mrs. Janice Slayton, Ruth Ann, Jean and Veronica, all of Rice 
Lake, and by eight brothers, Francis in the armed forces in Viet Nam, Eugene, 
stationed in Thailand, Harvey of Petaluma, Calif., Harold, Herman and Richard 
of Waukesha, and Myrle and John of Rice Lake."