Penelope A. Flatman

Services will be on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12 pm at The Runge Mortuary. Visitation will be Thursday from 10 am until the noon service, at the mortuary. Her final resting place will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may go to the family.

Penny was born in Davenport on July 13, 1942. She was the daughter of Clause and Aileen (Pirscmel) Martens. She married Earl Flatman on March 16, 1974. He died February 23, 1986.

She worked as an LPN at various nursing homes in the area for over 20 years before retiring, including Kahl Home, Fejervary and Manor Care. She loved listening to old country music, gardening, working outdoors, creating ceramics as well as making porcelain dolls. She was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church.

Those left to honor her memory include her children: Stephen (Mia) Flatman, Andalusia, IL; Faith Marsh and Elizabeth “Beth” (Robert) Slawson, both of Davenport; Timothy (Kathy) Flatman, Dyersburg, TN and John Flatman, Mishawaka, Indiana; 6 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren, sister, Geraldine Tabor, Rock Island; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, sons: Ralph “Marty” and Michael; grandchildren: Bobby and Nicholas Marsh and brothers, Donald and Pete.