Eileen Penner
Obituary
Eileen Penner, 88, died Friday (April
27, 2018) at Homestead of Halstead.
She was born Jan. 11, 1930, in Sedgwick
to Benjamin and Lula Mary (Cadle) Grattan.
She was a member of Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Altar Society, Sacred Heart Guild and the Friendship
Club, all of Halstead.
She was a homemaker, but she also
worked as a ward clerk at Halstead Hospital and served as church
secretary for Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
On Oct. 2, 1949, she married Wilbert
Henry "Bud" Penner in Halstead. He preceded her in death on
Feb. 15, 2014.
She is survived by her son, Larry
(Kathy) Penner, Madison, Wisconsin; daughter, Cheryl (Robert) McCart,
Halstead; daughter-in-law, Patsy Hanson Penner, Halstead; eight
grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a
son, Greg Penner; granddaughter, Stephanie McCart;
great-granddaughter, Emma Thompson; brothers, Jack and Bill Grattan;
and sister, Margaret Webster.
The Rosary will be said at 7 p.m.
Wednesday (May 2, 2018) and Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10
a.m. Thursday (May 3, 2018), both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Halstead, with Father Jeffery Fasching officiating. Burial will
follow at Fairview Cemetery, located at NW 12th and Halstead Road.
Memorials may be given to Sacred Heart
Caring Hearts fund in care of Kaufman Funeral Home, Halstead.
