NORTH MANCHESTER - Lola Belle Penrod, 82, of rural North Manchester, died at 1:50 a.m. Oct. 23, 2007, in her residence.
She was born Jan. 26, 1925, in Mentone, to George and Edith Bowen Parker. On Sept. 2, 1949, at Yellow Creek Lake, she married Byron W. Penrod, who survives.
She was a 1943 Burket High School graduate, a homemaker and a farmer's wife. She was a member of Manchester United Methodist Church, Wabash County Farm Bureau and Dairy Farmers of America. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, caring for her flowers and especially her grandchildren.
Also surviving are eight children: Mrs. John (Marsha) Mort, Darrell (and wife Marilyn) Penrod and Galen (and wife Renee) Penrod, all of North Manchester; Mrs. Kris (LaDonna) Biehl, Urbana; Mrs. Thomas (Brenda) De Werth, Hillsborough, N.C.; Ronald Penrod, Wabash; Rita Penrod, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Mrs. Joel (Karla) Yeager, South Whitley; a brother, Dean (and wife Betty) Parker, Broadus, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Roger (Marcella) Parker, North Manchester; 20 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Parker.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Manchester United Methodist Church, 306 E. 2nd St., North Manchester, with the Revs. David Overmyer and Larry Ray officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Servia.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the church.
Memorials to Manchester United Methodist Church, Parkview Home Health and Hospice or the Arthritis Foundation.
