FOURTH GENERATION

103. Irma RONNA was born 1929. She was a member of Iroquois Salon 8 & 40. ⁽¹²⁸⁾

She was married to Arthur A ENNEN (son of Claude ENNEN and Anna Okken GARRELTS) 1947 in Illinois.⁽¹²⁹⁾ (5)

Art, Irma Ennen to celebrate their 50th

Loda - Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ennen of Loda are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday, Aug. 10 from 2-4 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loda.
Art Ennen and the former Irma Ronna were married XXXXXX 1947, at her parents' home. They were attended by Elroy and Gwen (Hackerson) Ennen, Lois (Ronna) Grohler and Rudy Schaumburg, Jr. They were married by Pastor Molzan.
They are the parents of four children: Linda Niemann, Debbie (Don) Sans and Greg Ennen of Paxton; and Pam (Jim) Bristle of Buckley. They have 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Art is retired from civil service at Chanute Air Force Base after 35 years of employment. He also worked at Marketplace Mall for nine years.
Irma is presently employed as bookkeeper at Rantoul Truck Equipment and formerly served as office manager at the Redwood Inn, Rantoul for 18 years.

Arthur A ENNEN was born on 13 Jul 1929 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.⁽⁵⁾ He died on 25 Sep 1999 in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois. ⁽¹³⁰⁾

Arthur Ennen

LODA - Arthur A. ''Art'' Ennen, 77, of Loda, died Saturday (Sept. 25, 1999) at the Gibson Area Hospital, Gibson City.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Paxton, and from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the 11 a.m. services at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loda, where he was a charter member. The Rev. Edgar L. Peters will officiate.
Burial, with military graveside rites by the Loda American Legion Post, will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda.
Memorials may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loda, or to the donor's choice. He served on the Loda Township board as trustee for many years and also served on the Buckley-Loda school board.
Mr. Ennen was involved in the Loda Homecoming, Bicentennial and the Legion chicken barbecues in the 70s.
He was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Buckley, the son of Claude and Anna Garrelts Ennen.
Surviving are his wife, the former Irma Ronna, whom he married Aug. 9, 1947, in Loda; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Linda Niemann of Buckley, Debbie and Don Sans of Paxton, and Pam and Jim Bristle of Buckley; one son, Greg Ennen of Paxton; two sisters, Esther Hartke of Wolcott, Ind., and Wilma Stockton of Hoopeston; 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and four step- great-grandchildren.
Deceased are one great-grandson; one sister; and four brothers.
He attended St. John's Lutheran School and Buckley High School.
Mr. Ennen was employed at Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, for 32 years before retiring in 1978. He also worked for many years for D.A. Terry Service station, Loda, and Beasley Oil Co. in Paxton, and in security at Market Place Mall, Champaign.
He was a member of the Lutheran Laymans League and served in various church offices throughout the years.
He was a veteran of World War II serving with the 5th Army in Africa and Italy. He was a member of the Loda American Legion Post 503 serving as financial officer several times; a member of the Disabled American Veterans of Champaign County and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
In the 1950s, he was the coach of the Loda Women's softball team and coached Little League in Loda. He served as Little League Commissioner at Nelson Field in Paxton for several years.

He was buried on 28 Sep 1999 in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois.⁽⁵⁾ Irma RONNA and Arthur A ENNEN had the following children:

+300 i. Linda Kay ENNEN.
+301 ii. Deborah ENNEN.
+302 iii. Pamela ENNEN.
303 iv. Gregory ENNEN(131) was born about 1958.