WILLIAM PENN CALDWELL 
Shelby County Herald, February 23, 1966
William Penn Caldwell, 66, was born July 15, 1899 near Leonard, the son of 
Clarence Church and Fannie Sue Penn Caldwell. Death came on February 18 following surgery at Macon. Mr. Caldwell attended the Shelbina school 
and was a graduate there. He later attended Gem City Business College in Quincy, IL. He had resided on a farm at Leonard the past 23 years. 
Mr. Caldwell was a member of the Shelbina Methodist Church and the 
Order of Masons at Bethel.

On May 7, 1927 he was united in marriage with Miss Pearl B. Hawkins, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hawkins of Shelbina. To this union were born three children: 
William Church, Mary Kathleen (Mrs. Gene Bowdish) of Leonard and Nancy Jean 
(Mrs. Harold Rainey) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

In addition to the above family he is survived by: his mother, Mrs. Fannie Vogt 
of the Pleasant Hill Rest Home in Shelbyville; two sisters, Frances 
(Mrs. Fletcher Crawford) of Monroe City and Hazel (Mrs. John Payne) of LaGrange, IL; 
five grandchildren, Lesa and Lynn Caldwell and Becky, Fannie and Joe Bowdish. Funeral 
services were conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Donald Rooks at the Hayes 
Funeral Chapel in Shelbina. Burial was in the Leonard Cemetery.