Kaye Penner
1940 - 2019
Obituary
Winona Kaye (Friesen) Penner died
Saturday (May 11, 2019) at Newton Medical Center. She was born Oct.
22, 1940, in Sutton, Nebraska, to Fred and Tena (Janzen) Friesen.
She married Virgil Penner on Sept. 10,
1961, at Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, Nebraska. Kaye was a
graduate of Bethel College and Wichita State University. She worked
as an R.N. at Bethel Deaconess Hospital and as a professor of nursing
at Bethel College.
She is survived by her husband, Virgil;
daughter, Sondra (Tony) Otto; son, Tom (Paige); and grandchildren:
Jon (Natalie) Otto, Sarah Otto, Ryan Penner and Mara Penner. She was
preceded in death by her parents.
Visitation with the family will be from
5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday (May 14, 2019), with the family receiving friends
from 6 to 8 p.m., at Petersen Funeral Home, 215 N. Main St., Newton.
Burial will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday (May 15, 2019) at Grace Hill
Mennonite Church Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday at Grace Hill Mennonite Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made to Bethel College or Kidron Bethel Village.
