Frances PENNY

1926 - 2014  (87 years)

• Name	Frances PENNY
  Born	29 Oct 1926	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
  Gender	Female
  _UID	A93AE60D61C5D611B6E8BC8D43B5AC34A213
  Died	10 Mar 2014	Addeo Hospice Residence, Egbertville, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.   [1]
  Buried	14 Mar 2014	Ocean View Cemetery, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.
  Person ID	I4	Penny of Newfoundland
  Last Modified	14 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Olindo PENNY,   b. 17 Oct 1902, English Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1989, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Alethea PITCHER,   b. 13 Nov 1903, English Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1983, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1925	English Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
  _UID	A53AE60D61C5D611B6E8BC8D43B5AC349ED3
  Notes	from Ancestry.com collection of New York marriages: Name: Lindo Penney Gender: Male Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1925 Marriage Place: Kings, New York, USA Certificate Number: 2640 Apparently the recorder at Kings County failed to record the names of all of the brides on that date as none of the other marriages list a bride's name, either.
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George A. SORKVIST,   b. 22 Feb 1919, New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. ,   d. 23 Jun 2008, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1950	St. Paul’s-St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.
  _UID	42D0CA99D30CDB11B6EC8750FB45483B7C14
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !Frances died at about 9:00 a.m. Monday morning. John called us about 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. I had tried to reach him earlier Tuesday morning but both cell phone mail boxes were full. I had terrible sadness all day Monday and wonder if it wasn't a message that she had passed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Funeral Home, Mieslohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A., 11 Mar 2014. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Frances Sorkvist, 87, of Sunnyside, a loving mother and grandmother who was well-known for her kindness and baking prowess, died Monday in Addeo Hospice Residence, Egbertville. Born Frances Penny in Brooklyn, she was taken to Canada as a child. She returned to Brooklyn in 1946 and moved to Tompkinsville in 1950. She had lived in Sunnyside since 1958. Mrs. Sorkvist was primarily a homemaker, but worked in secretarial positions for the American News Company and the insurance company Johnson and Higgins, both Manhattan, in earlier years. She and her husband of 58 years, George, were married in St. Paul’s-St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Port Richmond, in 1950. She remained an active church member until very recently. Her husband died in 2008. Mrs. Sorkvist was a member of her church’s altar guild and its sunshine club, and she was a member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Known as the “cookie lady,’’ to neighborhood children because she always shared cookies with them, Mrs. Sorkvist could also be counted on to fill tables at church bake sales. “She baked coffee breads that people would come for from miles around,’’ said her son, John W. Sorkvist. “She’d bake 20 loaves of coffee bread in one day. When it came to baking and crafts, she had no peers.’’ She will be remembered for her kindness, as well, according to her family. “If anyone was in the hospital, or needed anything, she was always there,’’ her son said. “People can’t say enough good things about her.’’ In addition to her son, John, Mrs. Sorkvist is survived by a daughter, Joan L. Sorkvist; a sister, Eva Watson, and two grandchildren. The funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond. Burial will follow in Ocean View Cemetery, Oakwood. http://www.meislohnsilviefh.com/obits/obituary.php?id=456952 Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home 1289 Forest Avenue Staten Island, New York 10302 Tel: (718) 442-9047 Frances Sorkvist Died: Mon., Mar. 10, 2014 Visitation 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Thu., Mar. 13, 2014 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Thu., Mar. 13, 2014 Location: Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Service 11:00 AM Fri., Mar. 14, 2014 Location: Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Inc. Interment 12:30 PM Fri., Mar. 14, 2014 Location: Ocean View Cemetery http://www.meislohnsilviefh.com/obits/obituary.php?id=456952 Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home 1289 Forest Avenue Staten Island, New York 10302 Tel: (718) 442-9047