About Henry Day Penfield
Lived 1900 – 1984 (aged 84). Henry Day Penfield was a politician.
Henry Day Penfield (July 23, 1900 – October 29, 1984) was an American politician and the mayor of the city of Evanston, Illinois.
Biography Penfield was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1900 the son of Louis Chapin Penfield. He attended Evanston High School and finished his final year at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He retired in 1963.
He died on October 29, 1984, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Personal life He was married to Henrietta Calkins; they had three children: Ann, Nancy and Henry Jr.
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Henry Day Penfield was born on 23 July 1900.
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