Leo C Pennell
July 30, 2020
Chief Petty Officer Leo C. Pennell of Trepassey, NL, age 85, passed away suddenly, but peacefully at the Miller Center on July 30th, 2020.
Leo, our dad, was a proud veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy, a Korean War Veteran and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is pre-deceased by his loving wife Elizabeth, his parents Margaret and Daniel Pennell, sister Theresa (Harold), brothers Cyril (Carmel & Jo), Joseph, Gerald, John Mike, Anthony (Theresa), Alphonsus and Reginald, brother-in-law Don Kauk as well as his special son-in-law Clarence Sutton.
He will be fondly missed by daughters Rebecca (Dan) Riordan, Spokane, Washington; Cheryl (Bruce) Gallant, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Darlene Sutton, Paradise; Tami Pennell, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Heather (Perry) Penney, Mount Pearl and his son Scott Pennell, Kilbride; his grandsons Kyle, Shayne, Jesse, Samuel, Sebastian and his granddaughter Madison, as well as his sisters Kathleen (Cyril) Ryan, Mary Kuck, brothers Victor (Doris), Harold (Marie),and sisters-in-law Catherine, Irene, Shirley, and nieces and nephews near and far, and many family and friends in Liverpool where Mom and Dad lived for many years while Dad was stationed in the Navy, and the friends he made while Mom and Dad lived in Bay Bulls.
Thank you to the doctors and nurses who helped our Dad including Dr. Morrey, Dr. O’Dea, and Dad’s nurses Elizabeth and Loretta, who was ironically a guardian angel for Clarence during his time inn the Miller Centre. Also, thank you to the ambulance drivers who respectfully drove our dad passed the National War Memorial in St. John’s. Our Dad had many interests.
He was an avid reader, a loyal Toronto Maple Leafs hockey fan, and an obsessive salmon fisherman. Later in life Dad could be found in a rink cheering his grandsons on and being one of their biggest supporters. During the last weeks of his life Dad always said he wanted to be in his “happy place”, casting his rod on the Northwest River in Trepassey, catching an elusive salmon.
A public visitation, in keeping with current Covid-19 restrictions, will be held on Monday, August 3rd at Fahey’s Funeral Home in Trepassey at 9:00am -11:00am and the funeral mass immediately following at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church forfamily members only. Interment to follow at Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Condolences can be made at www.faheysfuneralhomes.ca.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Trepassey Veteran Memorial Monument at townoftrepassey2@hotmail.com. Dad;my mind still talks to you.my heart still looks to you.my soul knows you are at peace.
SERVICES
Visitation
Monday, August 03, 2020
9:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Fahey Funeral Home – Trepassy
Trepassy
Trepassy, Newfoundland Labrador A0A 4B0
Funeral Service
Monday, August 03, 2020
11:00 AM
Holy Redeemer Church
Main Road
Trepassey, NL
For immediate family
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Leo C Pennell July 30 2020..
Death notice for the town of: Trepassy, Province: T-N
Darlene and family, our condolences are with you and your family as you celebrate your dads life and feel the loss in his passing. We are thinking of you.
Peter and Kay Dimmell