The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-18
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Fair, and backed, financially, the fair
project for several years He was
president of the Free Fair association
at the time of his death &
He was a member of the board
of directors of the Chamber of Com
merce. and an officer of the Pruden-
tial Trust company, the Kansas Life
Insurance company, and the Shawnee
Building and Loan association.
Prominent Lodge Man.
Mr., Penwel- was probably the most
prominent lodge man in the stdte of
Kansas He belonged to nearly every
louge of the state, and held a member
ship in every Masonic order IN the
city, being a thirtyrthird degree
Mason. Not even his closest associates
knew of all the lodges to which he
membership in fra te4aaai. orders show
the names of lodges which no one else
in. Topeka had ever heard Of
Gnnumerable stories have been told,
during the last illness of the popular
Topeka man, of the little and big acts
of benevolence, which were character
istic of all his life. He was true
philanthropist. and there are few who
have lived in Topeka for any length of
time who have not heard of his chart
ties and kind acts, pr5,been the objects
eDf en-. #y
JO1ncO L. -. y. II. IN 1890.
K One of the works nearest the heart
of Mr. Penwell was his cherished
membership in the Odd Fellows. Mr..
Penwell Joined Topeka Lodge No. 40.
Of the 1. o. o. F. on February 10,
1890.
He was the sixtieth grand master
of the grand lodge of the order. in
of his death was Senior Grand repre-
sentative, of the Kansas organization
in the national lodge.
Mr.. Penwell was the father of the
project for the esta adjustment of the
1. o. o. F. 4Rebekah home at Eureka
Lake. near Manhattan, where elderly
members of the two lodges and or
phaned children have their homes.
1t was during his term as grand mas
ter of the Kansas lodge that the pro-
ject of building the home was started.
and after his term as grand master
had expired, he was retained on the
building committee until the compile
tion and dedication of the building in
October, 1919.
Following the completion of the
home, Mr.. Penwell was elected to the
xice-presidency of the home board.
the body in charge of the administra-
ton of the home. He has been in
timately connected and in fact at the
head of the work since the conception
of the project.
I. o. o. F., Mr.. Penwel was member
of the Rebekah lodge, a woman's or
ganization affiliated with the Odd
Fellows
Orders to Which Penwen Belonged.
Among the other ranks in fraternaf
and other orders and membership in
the less prominent ORGANIZATIONS, Mr..
PenWell numbered the following Past
captain of the Patriarchs Militant. the
uniformed rank of the 1. o. o. F.; past
secretary of the state Elks' association;
past president Of the Eagles; past die
tator of the Moose lodge; past cham
cellor of the knights of Pythias; past
captain uniform rank, Gala Co., No.
s: past master workman of the A. o..
U. w; past grand foreman of the A. o..
U. w: past national president of the
a. o. U. W. of the United States; past
consul of the Modern Weodmen; lieu
tenant colonel on the staff of Foresters
of the NJ. W. A; past president of
Council No. l of the knights and La
dies of Security; past president of the
Triple Tie; past vicsroy of the Protec-s
tive Home Circle; past sachem of the.
Red Men; member of the Lake View
club. of the Shawnee Golf club; of the
Topeka Country club: of the Cooper
alive club; past patron of the Order of
the Eastern Star; member of the
Psthian Sisters of the F. A. u, the
Royal Arcanum. the Degree of Honor,
the Royal Neighbors of the woodmen.
Circle; the Sons and Daughters of JUS
tice; the Fraternal Brotherhood; past
senior consul of the United CONNER
ciaf Travellers: member of the 7. NJ.
c. A; past president and secretary of
the Kansas Democratic club; past car
of Kremlin Odessa, Imperial Order of
Muskovites. *