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LeRoy Fred "Fritz" Penner
17 Jun 1916 – 23 Sep 2005
| Birth | 17 Jun 1916 |
| Death | 23 Sep 2005 |
| Cemetery | Aurora Cemetery Aurora , Hamilton County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Don on 04 Nov 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11807761 |
Bio
Son of Fred & Genevieve (Austin) Penner. Married to Phyllis Gwendolyn Cass on 8-20-1948. He grew up in Stockham and attended school at Stockham until the 10th grade. He jumped freight trains in Kansas, Arkansas, Oregon and Missouri. Fritz, Ernie and Festus VanDusen and Ezra Gellanty stopped at Hobo camps as they had no money. They would stop and work for money which was $2 per day. In 1940, Fritz enlisted in the Army. He was in boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He was sent to Hawaii, and then spent three years in the Philippines. He went to Dutch New Guinea and Maloney Bay. Fritz returned home in 1948. After marriage he drove a truck for the county and then he was a Line Foreman for the Telephone Company for 34 years.
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- Dorothy Genevieve Penner Newlun 1914–2009
- Ernest Victor Penner 1918–1979
- Thelma Jeanette Penner Fenster 1921–2005
- Lawrence Edward "Curly" Penner 1923–2018
- Anna Maxine Penner Medaris 1925–2006
- Melvin Gene "Jake" Penner 1932–2018
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