Background
Penwell, Patricia Lee was born on November 22, 1935 in Oregon, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Paul Olen and Dorothea Ruth (Bigley) Crouse.
Penwell, Patricia Lee was born on November 22, 1935 in Oregon, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Paul Olen and Dorothea Ruth (Bigley) Crouse.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1973; Master of Arts in Education, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1983.
Teacher 3d grade, Piti (Guam) Elementary School, 1957-1958; teacher 3d grade, Villisca (Iowa) Elementary School, 1973-1975; multi-category resource teacher, Villisca (Iowa) Elementary School, 1975-1977; substitute teacher K-6, Pinellas County (Florida) Schools, 1981-1982, 83-84; multi-category resource teacher, Cedar Falls Schools, 1985-1987; teacher emotionally handicapped, Waterloo (Iowa) Elementary Schools, 1987-1988; emotionally handicapped research teacher, Washington School District, Phoenix, since 1988. Graduate assistant U. Northern Iowa, 1982-1983, student teacher supervisor, 1986-1987.
Elder Covenant Presbyterian Church, Phoenix, since 1991. Member Council for Exceptional Children (president, Teacher of Year 1993).
Married David Wayne Penwell, August 28, 1955 (divorced February 1989). Children: Todd Randall, David Wayne, Cynthia Suzanne.