- Date Of Death: April 7, 2020
- State: Arizona
Josephine Fauneil Penn Thomson, age 97, passed away after a period of declining health on April 7th, 2020 in Cottonwood, Arizona. She was born at home in Wayne, Nebraska to Corabelle McGee Penn and French Penn in 1923. When Jo was 3, her mother developed TB and was sent to a sanitarium for 10 years, while she and her sisters were under the care of the Eastern Star Children’s home in Fremont, Nebraska. During the depression, the family ran the Boyd Hotel in Wayne.