Edna Enola Fowler-Penola passed away peacefully on August 12, 2015. Edna was born November 26, 1924 in Bailey County, Texas to Orville & Dora Fowler. In 1937, following the Great Depression the Fowler family moved to Fallon, Nevada to start their lives as farmers.
In 1965 Edna married George Penola. The two traveled the West Coast by semi hauling hay & livestock. In the early 1970’s they made their home in Battle Mountain where they owned and operated Penola Trucking.
Edna was an award winning artist, gardener, rock collector and she loved to can and cook.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents Orville & Dora Fowler, sisters Geneva Keefer & Beatrice Fowler, brother, Luther Fowler and grandson, Seth Stauffer.
She is survived by her husband, George, children, Dorothy Stauffer, Gene (Kathy) Testolin, Wayne (Barbara) Testolin, Nancy (Tom) Ebert & Angel (Shane) Edgar. Grandchildren, Shane Hill, Shannon (Matt) Brewer, Kathy (Darrin) Pugh, Jessica (Jeremy) Reinke, Tony Testolin, Ashlee , Shyann, and Jesse Edgar and five great grand children.
Services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Burns Funeral Home in Elko, NV at 1:00 pm.
In 1965 Edna married George Penola. The two traveled the West Coast by semi hauling hay & livestock. In the early 1970’s they made their home in Battle Mountain where they owned and operated Penola Trucking.
Edna was an award winning artist, gardener, rock collector and she loved to can and cook.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents Orville & Dora Fowler, sisters Geneva Keefer & Beatrice Fowler, brother, Luther Fowler and grandson, Seth Stauffer.
She is survived by her husband, George, children, Dorothy Stauffer, Gene (Kathy) Testolin, Wayne (Barbara) Testolin, Nancy (Tom) Ebert & Angel (Shane) Edgar. Grandchildren, Shane Hill, Shannon (Matt) Brewer, Kathy (Darrin) Pugh, Jessica (Jeremy) Reinke, Tony Testolin, Ashlee , Shyann, and Jesse Edgar and five great grand children.
Services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Burns Funeral Home in Elko, NV at 1:00 pm.
Edna Enola Fowler-Penola passed away peacefully on August 12, 2015. Edna was born November 26, 1924 in Bailey County, Texas to Orville & Dora Fowler. In 1937, following the Great Depression the Fowler family moved to Fallon, Nevada to start their lives as farmers.
In 1965 Edna married George Penola. The two traveled the West Coast by semi hauling hay & livestock. In the early 1970’s they made their home in Battle Mountain where they owned and operated Penola Trucking.
Edna was an award winning artist, gardener, rock collector and she loved to can and cook.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents Orville & Dora Fowler, sisters Geneva Keefer & Beatrice Fowler, brother, Luther Fowler and grandson, Seth Stauffer.
She is survived by her husband, George, children, Dorothy Stauffer, Gene (Kathy) Testolin, Wayne (Barbara) Testolin, Nancy (Tom) Ebert & Angel (Shane) Edgar. Grandchildren, Shane Hill, Shannon (Matt) Brewer, Kathy (Darrin) Pugh, Jessica (Jeremy) Reinke, Tony Testolin, Ashlee , Shyann, and Jesse Edgar and five great grand children.
Services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Burns Funeral Home in Elko, NV at 1:00 pm.
In 1965 Edna married George Penola. The two traveled the West Coast by semi hauling hay & livestock. In the early 1970’s they made their home in Battle Mountain where they owned and operated Penola Trucking.
Edna was an award winning artist, gardener, rock collector and she loved to can and cook.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents Orville & Dora Fowler, sisters Geneva Keefer & Beatrice Fowler, brother, Luther Fowler and grandson, Seth Stauffer.
She is survived by her husband, George, children, Dorothy Stauffer, Gene (Kathy) Testolin, Wayne (Barbara) Testolin, Nancy (Tom) Ebert & Angel (Shane) Edgar. Grandchildren, Shane Hill, Shannon (Matt) Brewer, Kathy (Darrin) Pugh, Jessica (Jeremy) Reinke, Tony Testolin, Ashlee , Shyann, and Jesse Edgar and five great grand children.
Services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Burns Funeral Home in Elko, NV at 1:00 pm.
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