REMEMBERING
Fred Douglas Penn was born on August 16, 1954 to Bernard and Arrie Pearl (Anderson) Penn in Houston Texas. He was the third of six children and the only boy. He attended Catholic Schools in Kansas City, Kansas and Houston, Texas and Public Schools in Bastrop, Texas. He graduated from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in 1972 in Houston. Active in his youth at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Kansas City, he received his First Holy Communion and other sacraments there and was an altar boy. He was active in sports and was first baseman with the Bastrop Little League. While in Houston he was employed as a driver with Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and Houston Metropolitan Transit. Locally in Bastrop he worked with McCoy’s Building Supplies and Ballard’s Convenience Store. Most of his work in Austin was as a handy man and maintenance worker for many companies until his health began to fail him. The much beloved and self-professed “Leo” was the life of any family gathering and was always known for his wonderful smile and great sense of humor. Even as his health began to fail he had a very positive attitude. He departed this life on October 15, 2015 at the age of 61. His parents, sisters Connie Marie (Clyde) Gibson and Mary Louise Penn Andrews, niece Nicole “Nikki” Renee McMorris, and many aunts, uncles and relatives preceded him in death. He is survived by three sisters, Bernadette Penn McMorris, Cynthia Annette Penn of Bastrop, TX., Angela Hodrick and brother-in-law Leon Hodrick of Houston, TX.; his aunt Mrs. Zenobia Anderson Robinson of Bastrop TX.; six nieces and nephews including, Clyde Jerome Gibson, Veronica Gibson, , Cecilia Monique Andrews of Bastrop TX. Rebecca “Becky” Walton, Ramona Candace Walton and Ralph “Zeke” Walton of Houston TX., God Brother Dock Jackson and close friend Joel Reed of Bastrop TX. along with a host of great nieces and nephews and other loving relatives and friends.
Friday, October 23, 2015 10:00 AM Ascension Catholic Church 802 Pine Street Bastrop, Texas Reverend Father Ramiro Tarazona, Pastor Celebrant Reading……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Bernadette McMorris Song Selection………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Linda Greene
Reading……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Dock Jackson Song Selection………………………………………………………………….………………………….……………..Ramona Walton
Active Pallbearers Ralph Ezekiel Walton
Clyde Jerome Gibson Denzel Pope
Michael Moore
Honorary Pallbearers Clyde Gibson Sr. Floyd Andrews Leon Hodrick Dock Jackson Anthony Franklin Joel Reed Robert Lineberry
Expressions of Appreciation The family of Fred Douglas Penn extends a warm “thank-you” to each of you for care, concern and love given to us during our time of bereavement.
Special Thanks Lost Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Ascension Catholic Church Parish Family St. David’s South Austin Hospital
When I am gone, release me, let me go I have so many things to see and do. You mustn’t tie yourself to me with tears. Be thankful for our many beautiful years. I gave to you my Love. You can only guess how much you gave me in happiness. I thank you for the love you each have shown. But now it is time I traveled on alone. So grieve a while for me if you must. Then let your grief be comforted by trust. It is only for a time that we must part So bless the memories within your heart. I won’t be far away, for life goes on. So if you need me, call and I will come. Though you can’t see or touch me, I’ll be near and if you listen with your heart, You’ll hear all my Love around you soft and clear. And then, when you must come this way alone, I’ll greet you with a smile and say, “Welcome Home”
Interment Fairview Cemetery 1409 Highway 95 Bastrop, Texas Services Entrusted to Gipson Pendergrass-People’s Mortuary, LLC. 109 Northwest First Street Smithville TX.
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