Penny passed on to Heaven on Saturday, July 27, 2013, in Montesano, Washington. She was born Penny Lee Clayton on September 10, 1943, in Woodland, California.
She lived in Woodland and Truckee (California), Shreveport (Louisiana) and Reno (Nevada) prior to moving to the Altoona and Raymond (Washington) area. She graduated from Woodland High School. She was a wife, mother, homemaker, gas station attendant, PBX operator and retired as a dispatcher and secretary for Cardivan Company in Reno, Nevada.