 1917 - 2009 (91 years)
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| Name |
Miriam Estelle Pennock |
| Born |
27 Aug 1917 |
Griggsville, Illinois, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
18 May 2009 |
Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
| Buried |
Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA |
| Person ID |
I20277 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
4 Sep 2016 |
| Father |
David Josiah Pennock, b. 23 Nov 1873, Kansas, USA , d. 30 Sep 1925, Silvis, Illinois, USA (Age 51 years) |
| Mother |
Estella Gertrude Hoover, b. 6 May 1878, Milton, Illinois, USA , d. 22 Feb 1927, Davenport, Iowa, USA (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
8 Mar 1898 |
Pike County, Illinois, USA |
| Family ID |
F10013 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Harold Clarence Murtha, b. 16 Sep 1916, Sioux City, Iowa, USA , d. 15 Jul 1993, Sioux City, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
25 May 1940 |
Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
4 Sep 2016 |
| Family ID |
F10022 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 27 Aug 1917 - Griggsville, Illinois, USA |
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 | Married - 25 May 1940 - Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
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| Died - 18 May 2009 - Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
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 | Buried - - Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA |
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| Notes |
- Miriam Estelle Murtha, 91, of Sioux City died Monday, May 18, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with the Rev. Daniel Guenther officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 .am. until service time Friday at the church.
Miriam was born Aug. 27, 1917, in Griggsville, Ill., to David and Estella (Hoover) Pennock. The family later moved to Davenport, Iowa, where she attended school. She graduated from Davenport High School in 1934. She moved to Sioux City after graduation to work for the local phone company.
She married Harold C. Murtha on May 25, 1940, in Sioux City. Harold was called to serve in World War II and she stayed and continued to work for the phone company. The couple raised their family in Sioux City after the war. Harold was a bricklayer for H.S. Holtz Construction and she was a homemaker. Harold died July 26, 1993.
She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Altar Society. She was a member of Mercy Auxiliary, formerly known as Marian Health Auxiliary, Carmelite Guild and Catholic Women's League. She served as the sacristan at Immaculate Conception for more than 20 years. She founded the parent/teachers organization and the first Girl Scout Troop at Immaculate Conception.
She had been a member of the Delta Phi Gamma Sorority for nearly 60 years. She held the position of president of her chapter for the past several years. She loved playing cards, music, dancing, attending the community theatre, her friends and her family.
She is survived by her daughter, Janet and Tim Pugh of Omaha; two sons, Roger Murtha and his fiancee, Jennie Tighe, of Sioux City, and Dr. Scott and Jeani Murtha of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Mary Estella Murtha; her husband; and eight siblings.
Memorials may be directed to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sioux City.
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