Orrin Lamont Penfield, 84 years old, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Burgin, Newton avenue [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], last Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Penfield had been in poor health for about a year and a half, and death was due to uremic poisoning. The remains were taken immediately to Franklin [Delaware Co., NY] and will be removed to St. Paul's Episcopal Church this Thursday, where they will lie in state until 2 o'clock, the hour of the funeral, Rev. Yale Lyon, of Unadilla, will officiate and interment will be in Ouleout Valley Cemetery. Mr. Penfield was born March 26, 1852, at Harpersfield [Delaware Co., NY], the son of David and Isabel (Hotchkiss) Penfield. He moved to Franklin in 1862 and married Miss Carrie Hotchkiss of Wellsboro, Pa., June 21, 1887. Farming was his occupation and in 1908 he went to Alberta, Can., where he farmed until 1916, when he returned to Franklin and purchased a home in that village. His wife died April 8, 1931, after which he made his home with a sister, Mrs. Ida Ogden, until her death. In 1935 he came to live in Bainbridge with his daughter. Mr. Penfield served as warden of St. Paul's Church in Franklin for over 30 years. Surviving are: Mrs. Burgin; another daughter, Mrs. Waldon Fenton, of Tabor, Alberta, Canada; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. David Shaw, of Delhi; two nephews and one niece. [Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 15, 1936]