Mark Albert Penick and Gertrude Edith Tenk

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Husband Mark Albert Penick

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           Born: 17 Jul 1895 - Plainville, Adams County, IL
       Baptized: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1952 - Adams County, IL
         Buried:  - Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, IL

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         Father: Franklin Jacob Penick
         Mother: Mary Neva Larimore

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       Marriage: 27 Sep 1922 - Quincy, Adams County, IL

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Wife Gertrude Edith Tenk

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           Born: 19 Oct 1895 - Quincy, Adams County, IL
       Baptized: 
           Died: 27 Nov 1974 - Quincy, Adams County, IL
         Buried:  - Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, IL

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Children

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1 F Mary Ann Penick

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           Born: 11 Jun 1925 - Quincy, Adams County, IL
       Baptized: 
           Died: 3 Sep 1925 - Quincy, Adams County, IL
         Buried:  - Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, IL

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2 F Marcia Ann Penick

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           Born: 11 Feb 1927 - Quincy, Adams County, IL
       Baptized: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1987 - Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
         Buried:  - Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

         Spouse: Harry Ernest (Hal) Schornstein Jr.
           Marr: 3 Apr 1948

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General Notes: Husband - Mark Albert Penick

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Birth: Jul. 17, 1895
Plainville
Adams County
Illinois, USA
Death: Sep. 13, 1952
Adams County
Illinois, USA

Graduate of Darmouth 1913-1917, Mark was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He went on to serve as pvt. 1st class pursuit pilot during WW 1 (141st Aero Squadron, 2nd Army). He flew reconissance aerial photography with the Flying Tigers. His plane was a vintage canvas and wood bi-plane--a British made SE-5.

Graduated with a Ph.D. and J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1922. He married Gertrude Edith Tenk on September 27, 1922 in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Mark served as as an Illinois State Representative 1932-36, and then as Illinois State's Attorney 1936-40 and 1940-44. He was asked to run against the now famed Senator Everett Dirksen when he first ran for the U.S. Senate in 1950. Mark declined, feeling he could better serve the citizens of Illinois by staying on at a more local level of government. (The nationally known Senate Minority Leader, Dirksen is most often noted for the quote: "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money." He is also known for: "I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.")

Mark was awarded the Selective Service Medal by Harry Truman. He was also a Mason (Lodge Member).

A multi-talented person: Mark won many awards for his photography excellence and was published in many photography magazines. He won awards at many public showings. Most of our ancestry family portraits were taken, developed, preserved, and enlarged by Mark. He eventually bought a land Abstract Co. which he housed in his law office building (the old Illinois State Bank of Quincy Building). He did this so he could buy film as well as a photography development studio and equipment to expand his hobby through such a business.

Listed in Who's Who in the Central States


Family links:
Parents:
Franklin Jacob Penick (1868 - 1966)
Mary Neva Larimore Penick (1872 - 1945)

Spouse:
Gertrude Edith Tenk Penick (1895 - 1974)*

Children:
Mary Ann Penick (1925 - 1925)*
Marcia Ann Penick Schornstein (1927 - 1987)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Woodland Cemetery
Quincy
Adams County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Mausoleum

Created by: Mark Schornstein
Record added: Apr 19, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 68609759

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General Notes: Wife - Gertrude Edith Tenk

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Birth: Oct. 19, 1895
Quincy
Adams County
Illinois, USA
Death: Nov. 27, 1974
Quincy
Adams County
Illinois, USA

Married to Mark Albert Penick Sep 27, 1922 in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois.


Family links:
Parents:
Rudolph H Tenk (1872 - 1946)
Anna Agnes Hagel Tenk (1873 - 1949)

Spouse:
Mark Albert Penick (1895 - 1952)

Children:
Mary Ann Penick (1925 - 1925)*
Marcia Ann Penick Schornstein (1927 - 1987)*

Sibling:
Gertrude Edith Tenk Penick (1895 - 1974)
Pauline Ann Tenk Witzleben (1897 - 1966)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Woodland Cemetery
Quincy
Adams County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Mausoleum

Created by: Mark Schornstein
Record added: Apr 19, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 68610179

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Notes: Marriage

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