Penny Sue Taylor, 69, of McHenry, died Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 at Pepper Family Hospice in Barrington after a yearlong battle with lung cancer.
She was born Oct 19, 1943, in McHenry, to Henry and Kathryn (Fisher) Scholtz.
A lifelong resident of McHenry, she loved the town and its history. She attended Edgebrook Elementary School, where she met her best friend Brenda. She was graduate of McHenry Community High School, and later attended Northern Illinois University.
Penny began her career at the McHenry Plaindealer newspaper as a typist. For more than 35 years, she was employed as a typesetter by Black Dot Group in Crystal Lake, where she made many great friends and had wonderful memories. In her retirement years, she was employed by Home Depot in McHenry, where she worked in customer service.
She was a longtime member of Shepard in the Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry. As a young woman, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Job's Daughters.
Penny enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her granddaughters. She was always ready for family celebrations, bringing her great smile to add to the party. She loved to garden, read and drive her Mustang. She adored her devoted companion-her cat K.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Krista (Ron) Logan of Cary; her son, Henry "Skip" (Dorothy) Taylor of Wonder Lake; four grandchildren, Kathryn and Sarah Logan, Chelsey Taylor and Katelyn Osborn; her sisters, Betty Johnson of Tennessee and Jeanette Blanken of Crystal Lake; many nieces and nephews. And her best friend since the age of 6, Brenda Krukow Pierce of Peoria and formerly of Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Betty Lou Hammerstein and Elaine Rose; and a brother , LeRoy Scholtz.
The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 20, at the Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 21, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Schneider officiating.
Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.
For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, her family suggests memorials to Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.
Published in the Northwest Herald on Feb 17, 2013.
She was born Oct 19, 1943, in McHenry, to Henry and Kathryn (Fisher) Scholtz.
A lifelong resident of McHenry, she loved the town and its history. She attended Edgebrook Elementary School, where she met her best friend Brenda. She was graduate of McHenry Community High School, and later attended Northern Illinois University.
Penny began her career at the McHenry Plaindealer newspaper as a typist. For more than 35 years, she was employed as a typesetter by Black Dot Group in Crystal Lake, where she made many great friends and had wonderful memories. In her retirement years, she was employed by Home Depot in McHenry, where she worked in customer service.
She was a longtime member of Shepard in the Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry. As a young woman, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Job's Daughters.
Penny enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her granddaughters. She was always ready for family celebrations, bringing her great smile to add to the party. She loved to garden, read and drive her Mustang. She adored her devoted companion-her cat K.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Krista (Ron) Logan of Cary; her son, Henry "Skip" (Dorothy) Taylor of Wonder Lake; four grandchildren, Kathryn and Sarah Logan, Chelsey Taylor and Katelyn Osborn; her sisters, Betty Johnson of Tennessee and Jeanette Blanken of Crystal Lake; many nieces and nephews. And her best friend since the age of 6, Brenda Krukow Pierce of Peoria and formerly of Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Betty Lou Hammerstein and Elaine Rose; and a brother , LeRoy Scholtz.
The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 20, at the Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 21, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Schneider officiating.
Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.
For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, her family suggests memorials to Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.
Published in the Northwest Herald on Feb 17, 2013.
Penny Sue Taylor, 69, of McHenry, died Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 at Pepper Family Hospice in Barrington after a yearlong battle with lung cancer.
She was born Oct 19, 1943, in McHenry, to Henry and Kathryn (Fisher) Scholtz.
A lifelong resident of McHenry, she loved the town and its history. She attended Edgebrook Elementary School, where she met her best friend Brenda. She was graduate of McHenry Community High School, and later attended Northern Illinois University.
Penny began her career at the McHenry Plaindealer newspaper as a typist. For more than 35 years, she was employed as a typesetter by Black Dot Group in Crystal Lake, where she made many great friends and had wonderful memories. In her retirement years, she was employed by Home Depot in McHenry, where she worked in customer service.
She was a longtime member of Shepard in the Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry. As a young woman, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Job's Daughters.
Penny enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her granddaughters. She was always ready for family celebrations, bringing her great smile to add to the party. She loved to garden, read and drive her Mustang. She adored her devoted companion-her cat K.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Krista (Ron) Logan of Cary; her son, Henry "Skip" (Dorothy) Taylor of Wonder Lake; four grandchildren, Kathryn and Sarah Logan, Chelsey Taylor and Katelyn Osborn; her sisters, Betty Johnson of Tennessee and Jeanette Blanken of Crystal Lake; many nieces and nephews. And her best friend since the age of 6, Brenda Krukow Pierce of Peoria and formerly of Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Betty Lou Hammerstein and Elaine Rose; and a brother , LeRoy Scholtz.
The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 20, at the Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 21, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Schneider officiating.
Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.
For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, her family suggests memorials to Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.
Published in the Northwest Herald on Feb 17, 2013.
She was born Oct 19, 1943, in McHenry, to Henry and Kathryn (Fisher) Scholtz.
A lifelong resident of McHenry, she loved the town and its history. She attended Edgebrook Elementary School, where she met her best friend Brenda. She was graduate of McHenry Community High School, and later attended Northern Illinois University.
Penny began her career at the McHenry Plaindealer newspaper as a typist. For more than 35 years, she was employed as a typesetter by Black Dot Group in Crystal Lake, where she made many great friends and had wonderful memories. In her retirement years, she was employed by Home Depot in McHenry, where she worked in customer service.
She was a longtime member of Shepard in the Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry. As a young woman, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Job's Daughters.
Penny enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her granddaughters. She was always ready for family celebrations, bringing her great smile to add to the party. She loved to garden, read and drive her Mustang. She adored her devoted companion-her cat K.C.
She is survived by her daughter, Krista (Ron) Logan of Cary; her son, Henry "Skip" (Dorothy) Taylor of Wonder Lake; four grandchildren, Kathryn and Sarah Logan, Chelsey Taylor and Katelyn Osborn; her sisters, Betty Johnson of Tennessee and Jeanette Blanken of Crystal Lake; many nieces and nephews. And her best friend since the age of 6, Brenda Krukow Pierce of Peoria and formerly of Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Betty Lou Hammerstein and Elaine Rose; and a brother , LeRoy Scholtz.
The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 20, at the Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 21, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Schneider officiating.
Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.
For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, her family suggests memorials to Hospice of Northeastern Illinois, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.
Published in the Northwest Herald on Feb 17, 2013.
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