RONALD L. PENSE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 26,1937 IN E. ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS THE SON OF CLIFFORD & MARTHA D.(BEAVER)PENSE SR. AND PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 AT ST. LOUIS AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS. RONNIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HIS FIRST WIFE WILMA (TUCKER) PENSE, BROTHERS SONNY PENSE AND BOBBY PENSE, SISTER RUBY PENSE, AND GRANDSON BEN BREWINGTON.
RONNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PATRICIA PENSE, CHILDREN KIM PENSE, MONICA (RONALD)REHKOP, AND MARK PENSE. BROTHER CLIFFORD (ESTHER) PENSE JR.; GRANDCHILDREN LEE (JESSICA) BREWINGTON AND TESSA REHKOP; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN LINK BREWINGTON, LOVI BREWINGTON, AND ISLA BREWINGTON; STEP-CHILDREN BRAD (JANA) COOK & ALLISON (LARRY) BOYER; AND STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALEX COOK, DREW COOK, AUSTIN COOK, JOEY BOYER, AND JOSH BOYER.

IN 1962 RONNIE CO-FOUNDED PENSE BROTHERS DRILLING COMPANY WITH HIS BROTHER CLIFFORD JR. WHICH SPECIALIZES IN DRILLING SHALLOW NATURAL GAS WELLS IN SEVEN STATES INCLUDING ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, MISSOURI, UTAH, NEW MEXICO, AND OKLAHOMA.

RONNIE WAS BAPTIZED IN 1976 AND ATTENDED CHURCH REGULARY.

RONNIE ENJOYED RACING AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS CHAMPION MUD RACING OF TATAR.

HE ALSO ENJOYED BOATING, TRAVELING, THE WINTER SUNSHINE OF FLORIDA, GARDENING AND WORK, WORK, WORK!

VISITATION; 3:00 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 AT FOLLIS & SONS FUNERAL HOME

VISITATION; 10:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 FOLLIS & SONS FUNERAL HOME

FUNERAL SERVICES; 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 FOLLIS & SONS FUNERAL HOME

INTERMENT; SNOWDENVILLE CEMETERY

OFFICIATING; PASTOR SARAH HAMILTON & PASTOR ROBERT GRAHAM

PALLBEARERS; DAVID PENSE, LARRY PENSE, RODNEY PENSE, WILEY PENSE, SAM PENSE, MIKE BREWER, PETER REHWINKEL