Lucy Mae Lindsay ²⁴⁴⁰

   Cause of her death was probably heart failure.

The Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
January 17, 1999

LUCY L. PENLEY

Lucy L. Penley, 103, widow of Ferdinand J. Penley, passed away Saturday (Jan. 16, 1999) at Hartford Hospital.

She was born in Minneapolis, MN Feb. 2, 1895, daughter of the late Fred L. Lindsay and Ellen Carey. She spent her childhood years in Maine before moving to Connecticut, and had spent the last 50 years in West Hartford. She had been a 50-year member of the First Church of Christ, Congregational in West Hartford and the Women's Guild. She had volunteered at Hartford Hospital and had given 5,000 hours of her time. Lucy and her husband, Ferdinand, had been Directors of a Girls' Camp in Maine for 25 years.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert L. and Francoise Penley of Paris, France; daughter, Ruth P. Skerpan of Kent, OH; and daughter and son-in- law, Phyllis and Wilbur A. Kelley of West Hartford; grandchildren, Linda Kelley Winchester and her husband, Edward, Paul S. Kelley and his wife, Heide, Alexandre Penley, William Penley, Elizabeth Skerpan Wheeler and her husband, Charles, Alfred Skerpan and his wife, Shawn; great- grandchildren, Justin Winchester, and Elizabeth, Tanner and Tyler Kelley.

There are no calling hours. Funeral service will be Saturday, Jan. 23, 11 a.m., at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home, 136 South Main St., West Hartford. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, P.O. Box 5022, Wallingford, CT 06492-7522.

  Events

• She worked as a teacher.

• She appeared on the census in 1895 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. She lived in the household of her parents who lived in the state for 3 years and 8 months. [Minnesota State Census]

• She appeared on the census in 1900 in Medford, Piscataquis County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her parents.

• She appeared on the census in 1920 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1930 in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She appeared on the census in 1940 at 76 Newport Avenue in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She lived in the household of her husband.

• She had a residence in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She was a 50 year resident.

• She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Congregational and the Women's Guild in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She had volunteered at Hartford Hospital and had given 5,000 hours of her time. Lucy and her husband, Ferdinand, had been Directors of a Girls' Camp in Maine for 25 years.

• Her funeral was held at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home (136 South Main Street) 23 January 1999 in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

• Her Social Security Number was 042-58-3646. Her social security card was issued in Connecticut.

Lucy married Ferdinand Josiah Penley, son of Josiah Greely Penley and Alice May Fogg, 24 June 1918 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine ²⁵³.^,426 (Ferdinand Josiah Penley was born 9 August 1895 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine ²⁴⁵⁵ and died 10 November 1959 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut ²⁴⁵⁶.)