Flossie I. Denney

Eighty-eight year old Flossie I. Denney, affectionately called Penny by her spouse, died, following an illness, at 10:03 p.m., on Sunday, June 17, 2001. Flossie who lived at 308 E. Plum St., Argos, died in the Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, where she had been a resident for one year. She was born on January 11, 1913, in Plymouth, the daughter of George Jackson Yeazel and Nancy Loretta Harrell Yeazel. She attended Plymouth schools. On August 15, 1934, in Plymouth, Flossie and Robert Eugene Denney were married. Robert died on Sept. 12, 1978. A homemaker, she was a former employee of Ball Band in Mishawaka. She loved to babysit her grandchildren and a neighborhood child from time to time. She was active and involved in kitchen duties and was known as a good cook and bread baker. A person of many diverse interests and tastes Flossie loved animals, especially cats. She took an interest in crafts, liked to dance and was involved in Real Meal activities. She enjoyed all kinds of gardening: flowers, strawberries and fruit trees. Flossie was a former member of the Plymouth Chapter 1355 of the Women of the Moose. She is survived by three sons and a daughter. They are Gerald “Tony” and his wife, Susie Denney, Roger D. and his wife, Pam Denney and Patsy L. Fretz, all of Argos. A third son and daughter-in-law, David B. and Beth Denney, live in New Haven, Ind. Eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren survive as well. Flossie was preceded in death by her parents, her spouse, a great-grandson, Guy Anthony Jacobson, two brothers, Victor and Dale Yeazel and three sisters: Fern Lyons, Cora Denney and Joy Yeazel. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, Ind. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2001, in the funeral home and will be conducted by the Rev. Robert Klatt, retired pastor of the Argos Wesleyan Methodist Church of which Flossie had attended. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Memorial gifts may be made the Cancer, Alzheimer’s or Diabetes Association.