Penny Bushaw

July 8, 2010

Penny Bushaw, of Walnut Hill, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010 after a long courageous battle with breast cancer at the age of 46 years. Penny was born on April 28, 1964 to Wayne and Darlene Mae Arnold in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1982.

Penny met Jeffrey L. Bushaw while both worked at Harding Glass Company in Omaha, Nebraska in 1990. They were later married in Panama City, Florida where they took up residence. Into this marriage were born Lance and Shane Bushaw. After moving to California, Nebraska, Minnesota, and back to Florida, the Bushaws made a permanent home in Walnut Hill where both children attend Northview High School.

Penny worked several years for Merritt Glass Company, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida. She was involved with the American Cancer Society ’s ” Relay For Life ” where she received several awards for her fundraising efforts. Penny was also very dedicated to her family and her boy’s sports participation in school. She was an outgoing, compassionate, and loving person who will be missed by many family and friends.

She was preceded in death by all four of her grandparents, Frank and Zee Arnold and Harvey and Pearl Nelsen; her uncle, James Lush; her sister, Pamela Harmsen; and her mother-in-law, Marilyn Bushaw.

Survivors include her husband, Jeffrey Bushaw; sons, Lance and Shane Bushaw; her parents, Wayne and Darlene Mae Arnold; her father and step-mother, Donald and Ann Bushaw; one brother, Brian Arnold and his wife, JoAnne; one niece, Jeanine Lewis and her husband, Mark; two nephews, Brian and Jesse Arnold; and one great-nephew, Dylan Lewis; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 South, Cantonment. Internment will be at the family home.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made in Penny’s name to the American Cancer Society , 5401 Corporate Woods Drive, Pensacola, Florida 32504 or Covenant Hospice, 5041 North 12th. Avenue, Pensacola, Florida 32504.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home, 1000 Highway 29 South, Cantonment, is in charge of arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries