Mitchell, Denzle Lee

1938 - 1968  (30 years)

• Name	Mitchell, Denzle Lee
  Birth	16 Jun 1938  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	MITC.D001
  _FGRAVE	24199384
  Funeral	Easley-Padgett Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	28 Dec 1968	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	30 Dec 1968	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Mitchell, Denzle L. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Mitchell, Denzle L.
  Person ID	I880	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Jauch - Hasler Jacob Jauch and Margaret 'Margret' Hasler Descendants, Mitchell - Pendleton Joseph Henry 'Joe' Mitchell and Elizabeth Anna Pendleton Descendants, Pendleton - Wilson Jonathan Pendleton and Eliza Ann Wilson Descendants, Hasler - ? Mr. Hasler and ? Descendants, Lents - Seal Jacob Lents and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Seal Descendants, Jauch - Birk Christian 'Heitl' Jauch and Maria Birk Descendants, Mitchell - ? James Mitchell and ? Descendants
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Mitchell, James Calvin 'Jim',   b. 30 Nov 1897, Illinois d. 2 Oct 1964, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Penrod, Myrtle,   b. 22 Oct 1899   d. 13 Oct 1985, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1916  [3, 4, 5]
  	Wayne County, Volume E, Page 178, License# 360
  Age at Marriage	He was 18 years and 11 months - She was 17 years.
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lents, D.
  Children	1. Mitchell, D.W.   2. Mitchell, D.J.
  Family ID	F532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Funeral - - Easley-Padgett Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 28 Dec 1968 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 30 Dec 1968 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Denzle Lee Mitchell, 30, of Clay City, died Saturday morning at Richland Memorial Hospital. He had been in poor health for several months and unable to follow his occupation as an oil field worker. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Easley- Padgett Funeral Home at Clay City with Rev. T. W. Browder, pastor of the Olney Church of God, in charge. Burial was at Clay City cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife, Donna, twin son and daughter, Denzle Wayne and Dennise Jayne, his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell, and five sisters, Mrs. Lucille Sheridan of Fairfield, Mrs. Luella Sharp and Mrs. Marie Sharp, both of Clay City, Mrs. Hilah Nimnicht of Washington, Indiana and Mrs. Evelyn Young of Flora. Two brothers, Paul of Cambridge, Ohio, and Gary of Mt. Auburn, also survive. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, December, 1968.

  
  

• Sources

  [S867] Funeral Card, Mitchell, Denzle Lee, none. (Reliability: 2). [S868] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Monical, Robert L. and Noma L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245448757/robert-lee-monical), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14341] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index,, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp) (Reliability: 2). [S95] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Mitchell, Myrtle and James C., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24199878/myrtle-mitchell), none. (Reliability: 2). [S96] Obituary, Mitchell, Jim, 66, none. (Reliability: 2).