Helene Doris (Ludwig) Penxa (1918 - 2013)

Born 19 Aug 1918 in Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Penxa — married 21 May 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died 6 Jan 2013 at age 94 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Helene was born in 1918 in Pembroke, New York to Joshua and Ioanthe Vandermark Ludwig.^[1][2] Her family ended up in Pennsylvania where she attended Forty Fort High School.^[3][2]

She married Joseph Penxa on May 21, 1937 in Philadelphia.^[4][2] They also spent some time in Baltimore, Maryland where Joseph worked at an aircraft plant.^[5] Helene and Joseph had two sons and two daughters.^[2]

Her brother Eugene, who had also ended up in Baltimore, was killed in action in France in December 1944.^[6] By this point Joshua was no longer part of the family - none of the notices posted for Eugene's death mention him. He died in Mississippi in 1969.^[7] Her mother died in the Washington/Baltimore area in 1948.

At some point Helene and Joseph returned to Pennsylvania where they spent the rest of their lives. Helene was an award winning quilter and a member of the Alderson Methodist Church in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania.^[2]

She died on January 6, 2013 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch Helene D Ludwig in household of Joshua M Ludwig, Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States citing ED 33, sheet 8A, line 32, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1113; FHL microfilm 1,821,113.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "Helene D. Penxa," obituary, accessed 24 February 2018 through legacy.com Helene D Penxa Obituary, Citizens' Voice, 9 Jan. 2013
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch Helene Ludwig in household of Joshua Ludwig, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 9B, line 66, family 207, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2067; FHL microfilm 2,341,801.
4. ↑ "Announce Marriage," Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Evening News, 24 May 1937, page 2, accessed 25 Feb 2018 through newspapers.com Ludwig marriage
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch Joseph Penxa, Ward 27, Baltimore City, Baltimore City, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States citing enumeration district (ED) 4-859, sheet 10B, line 57, family 221, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1541.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images : accessed 24 February 2018), memorial page for Pvt Eugene V Ludwig (1915–9 Dec 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #56657797 citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France ; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images : accessed 25 February 2018), memorial page for Joshua M Ludwig (1 Oct 1878–31 Oct 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #106337519 citing Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).