Gordon Earl Palen

1924 - 2002  (78 years)

• Name	Gordon Earl Palen
  Birth	6 Jun 1924
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Oct 2002
  R.R. 3, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
  Death	4 Oct 2002	Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	8 Oct 2002	Rosanna Cemetery, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I368	Weeks
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Roy Gordon Palen,   b. 5 Mar 1895, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 1972 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Ila Becker,   b. 5 Apr 1899, Houghton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 1981 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1917	Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Marriage Certificate - Ontario Marriage Index 1857-1922, Reg # 014048 Bridegroom: Gordon Roy Palen, Bachelor, Farmer Parents: Orrin Palen & Rhoda Weeks Bride: Myrtle Ila Becker, Spinster Parents: Franklin Becker & Carrie Curtis Witnesses: Edwin Becker, Woodstock & Beatrice Moore, Walsingham Place of Marriage: Walsingham, Norfolk Cty, Ontario Date: 11 April 1917
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Josephine Van Heukelom,   b. 27 Apr 1927   d. 21 May 1999 (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. R.A.M. Palen   2. F.G.R. Palen   3. K.A. Palen   4. M.W. Palen   5. T.L. Palen
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 8 Oct 2002 - Rosanna Cemetery, Norwich Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Palen, Gordon Earl, born 06 June 1924, Buried in Rosanna Cemetery, located on Lot 18 Concession 11 of Norwich Twp (formerly South Norwich Twp) in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Take Potters Road East out of Tillsonburg. The cemetery is 2 kilometers East of County road # 13 PALEN OBITUARY: SOURCE - LONDON FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER, OCTOBER 04, 2002 Earl G. Palen of R.R.#3, Tillsonburg passed away at the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, in his 79th year. Loving father of Ruth Anne Boka and her husband Otto of Tillsonburg; Frank Palen and his wife Patricia of Crediton; Kenneth Palen and his wife Sally of Exeter; Mile Palen and his wife Cheryl of Tillsonburg and Thomas Palen and his wife Wendy of Mt. Elgin. Cherished by 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Survived by 3 sisters: Ruby and Bert Piers of Strathroy; Freda Kelly of Vineland; Lorna McMillan of Tillsonburg and 2 brothers: Morley and Helen Palen of R.R. #7, Tillsonburg and Murray Palen of Tillsonburg. Also survived by several nieces and nephers. Predeceased by brother Mervin Palen (1993) and 1 sister Vera Neller. Friends will be received at the Ostrander's Funeral Home, Tillsonburg on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm, where the funeral service will be held in the chapel on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at 11:00 am. Interment in Rosanna Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Lung Association or to the charity of one's choice would be gratefully acknowledged. In the 1890's, in order ot obtain postal service, families in the area along the 11 concession between lots 14 and 20 in South Norwich Twp. had to gather together to decide a name for their community. The name 'Rosehill' was chosen and applied for but another village by that name was already in existence. The name 'Rosanna' was offered and in 1896 a Post Office opened and mail arrived from Courtland twice weekly. In 1912 rural mail delivery started from nearby Tillsonburg. School debuted in Rosanna in 1865 and a new building was constructed in 1895 just east of the cemetery. In 1908. the Canadian Order of Foresters remodeled and took over the new school. The first church was erected in 1884 by the Evangelical Methodists. Soon after the local people gathered together to build a brick faced structure they called the Calvary Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S95] Ontario Canada Marriages 1857-1922 , Roy Gordon Palen, Reg # 014048 (Reliability: 3).