- Date Of Birth: June 2, 1921
- Date Of Death: December 10, 2012
- State: Florida
Eleanora Pennekamp, 91 of Lakeland
Eleanora (Kampschmidt) Pennekamp, 91, of Lakeland, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died Monday, December 10th, surrounded by her children. She had been a resident of The Florida Presbyterian Homes for the past five years, and of their assisted living and nursing facilities where she received wonderful care, for the past year.
Mrs. Pennekamp was born on June 2, 1921 in Wadena, MN, and spent her childhood in Greensboro, NC, where her father was a professor and later President of Immanuel Lutheran College. A graduate of Greensboro Women’s College, she taught high school science and worked as a chemist before marrying her high school sweetheart, Elfried Pennekamp. They were married for 57 years. They raised their five children in Westfield, NJ, Brussels, Belgium, and later Bloomfield Hills, MI, where her husband led various parts of Exxon’s global chemical businesses.
They moved to Lakeland from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1981. Mrs. Pennekamp was a member of St.
Mrs. Pennekamp was preceded into death by her husband, Elfried, her bother, William Kampschmidt, of St. Paul, MN, her parents, William and Irma Kampschmidt, of Greensboro, NC, and Homestead, FL, her sister, Verona Koselke, of Oneida, FL, three grandchildren, Ricky Pennekamp, Nicole Unrath, and Michael John Dimon.
Mrs. Pennekamp is survived by her five children and their spouses, Susan (Jim) Hooker of Bluffton, SC, Fred (Cynthia) Pennekamp of Jenkintown, PA, Jim (Marlene) Pennekamp of Granite City, IL, Ron (Barb) Pennekamp of Lakeland, Anita (Tom) Unrath of Melbourne, FL, sixteen grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren.
