Lester E. Pennington, 52, Olney died Saturday morning, December 19, 1959 in Richland Memorial Hospital.

He leaves his wife, Lucille; daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Smith, West Salem; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pennington, Greenville; brothers, Joseph H., Riverside, Calif; John, Chicago; Donald, Greenville; sister, Mrs. Dorothy Tuel, Tonawonda, N.Y. and Mrs. Virginia Clough, Lombard.

Services at Summers-Rainey Funeral Home, Olney with burial in Haven Hill Cemetery.

Published in The Decatur Daily Review (IL) – Sunday, December 20, 1959