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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Steven B. Penrose
Age: 75
City: Marshalltown
Funeral Home
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Steven B. Penrose
Steven B. Penrose
Marshalltown
Steven B. Penrose, 75, of Marshalltown, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025, at UnityPoint-Marshalltown Hospital. Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama.
Steve Penrose was born to Ralph and Margaret Penrose in Belle Plaine, Iowa, on July 8, 1949.
He was in the U.S. Navy for four years and then married his wife, Linda for fifty-two years.
He worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and then Union Pacific Railroad for thirty-nine years.
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama-Toledo, is assisting the family with arrangements.