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Birth:          12 Jan 1930 Salt Lake City, Utah
Death:          29 Mar 2007 Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah
Cause of Death: emphysema
Burial:         3 Apr 2007 Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah

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Utah Select Marr Idx on ancestry
pub rec on ancestry 41 E 1700 S, Bountiful, Utah
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W. Eugene Penman Gene 


UT United States 

 W. Eugene (Gene) Penman 1930 ~ 2007 BOUNTIFUL- Gene Penman, age 77, passed 
away peacefully at home on Thursday, March 29, 2007 following a long and 
courageous battle with emphysema. Gene was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 
12, 1930 to Wallace A. and Alice (DeLand) Penman. He graduated from West High 
School in 1947. Nicknamed "Penny" he was very active in student government and 
never forgot the years or the friends he made playing varsity football there. He was 
married to Betty Renee Margetts on June 12, 1953 in Salt Lake City where they lived 
and started their family before moving to Bountiful, Utah in 1959. He was a member of 
the LDS Church. After high school Gene went to work as a truck driver delivering 
roofing materials to construction sites throughout the western U.S. These years gave 
him many stories and a knowledge of the "pre-interstate" highway system that he 
shared with us throughout his life. In 1956 it was time to settle down. Gene, along with 
his brother Dick, started and successfully ran Penman Brothers Mobil Service, a family 
business that thrived for over 40 years. It was a place where other family members first 
learned what hard work and responsibility was all about. It was also a place where 
generations of loyal customers became personal friends. Gene will be remembered by 
his family as a hard worker, good provider and perhaps most of all as a perfectionist. 
Whether it was how the lawn should be mowed or how the Christmas lights should be 
hung, there was no detail too small and there were no shortcuts. Anyone who worked 
for or around Gene learned that "Any job worth doing was worth doing right." He loved 
sports and the outdoors and spent what free time he had hunting and fishing. Family 
outings to a lake or stream were common. When his kids were grown and gone, he 
started in on the grandkids teaching them how to bait a hook or clean a fish. As a 
husband, father and grand-father, Gene was a selfless person who cared most about 
those around him. Even as his own health declined, his concerns were consistently for 
others. He was a unique and special person who will be deeply missed even though 
we are comforted that he is now in a better place. Gene was preceded in death by his 
son, Don Scot Penman in 1997. He is survived by his loving wife, Renee of Bountiful; 
son, Steven (Susan) Penman of Germantown, TN; daughter, Sandy (Rick) Wood of 
North Salt Lake; and his two brothers, Richard (Sue) Penman of Bountiful and Donald 
Penman of Salt Lake. He will also be missed and remembered by his six grandchildren 
and seven great-grandchildren. The family wishes to thank Community Nursing and 
especially Jocelyn and Shellie for the kindness, compassion and special care they 
provided. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the 
chapel of the Bountiful 20th Ward, 102 East 1400 South. A viewing will be held prior 
to the service from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Interment will be at the Bountiful City Cemetery. 
Condolences may be sent to the family care of Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North 
Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com 
 Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - Saturday, March 31, 2007 

Parents
PENMAN Wallace A. ()
DELAND Alice ()

Siblings
PENMAN Wallace Eugene (12 Jan 1930 - 29 Mar 2007)

Marriage To MARGETTS Betty Renee ()

Notes

Parents
MARGETTS Lawrence Rumel (11 Dec 1903 - 19 Jul 1983)
DAVIS Nora Groo (11 Sep 1909 - 22 Sep 1985)

Children by MARGETTS Betty Renee
PENMAN Steven Eugene ()
PENMAN Sandra J. ()
PENMAN Don Scot (31 Oct 1959 - 26 Apr 1997)

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