Terry Bruce Penner (1940 - 2015)
Obituary
Terry Bruce Penner, 75, died
unexpectedly on Thursday, July 9, at his home in Madison, AL. Mr.
Penner was born May 24,1940, in Los Angeles, CA to Martin and Gladys
(Beam) Penner. Both are deceased. The family later moved to Bentley,
Kansas, where Mr. Penner was raised, on a poultry farm along with his
younger sister, Diane (Penner) Briscoe, who also preceded him in
death.
In 1959, Mr. Penner married Kathleen
Carol Schneider, also of Bentley. They later divorced in 1993. They
have four children: Julie Buzbee of Topeka, KS; Stacy Rodgers of
Newton, KS; Dixie (Thomas) Frazier of Hesston, KS; and Brad Penner of
Roswell, GA.
In 1993, Mr. Penner married Kyong Ok
Lim who survives Terry to this day.
A graduate of Bentley High School and
Wichita State University, Mr. Penner spent his career working for
Boeing Company as an electrical engineer and later as an Aerospace
manager. His work took him and his family from their home base in the
Wichita, KS area, to Colorado Springs, CO, Sunnyvale, CA, and
Huntsville, AL, where he retired from Boeing after working also on
projects with NASA.
He was an avid golfer and fisherman and
he was always proud of his lawn and flower gardens for the house. He
has always enjoyed playing bridge and most recently spent many a day
at the Madison Senior Center in Madison. Mr. Penner also was a former
member of the Halstead, KS. school board. In Huntsville, he started
an investment group MTIC for people to work on making good choices in
stocks and bonds to improve their retirement funds. He was the group
president.
Besides Mr. Penner's children, other
survivors include his grandchildren: Kathryn Rodgers, of Macon, GA;
Sean Buzbee of Topeka; Carlie Rodgers of Newton; Kimberly Buzbee of
Topeka; Andrew Frazier of Hesston; and Michelle Buzbee of Half Moon
Bay, CA. Also surviving are his two nephews, Mark Briscoe and Scott
Briscoe, both of Alexandria, VA.
Services will be conducted at a
graveside service at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton August 10th at
10:00 a.m. Donations can be made to the American Heart
Associationhttps://donatenow.heart.org/index-alt.html in lieu of
flowers.
