Mary Lew “Penny” Nehring
Of Elk Grove Village
Mary Lew “Penny” Nehring, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. She was born on August 11, 1928 to parents George Bryan and Anna (Skow) ennington. Mary Lew married Edward Nehring on October 11, 1952 and together they had three children, the late Linda Downie, Sandra Nehring and Neil Nehring. Penny was a long‐time employee of District 214, working in Food Service at Wheeling High School. Upon retirement, Penny became active in P.E.O. Chapter J.M. which she was a member of for over 70 years. She also volunteered at the Wheeling Senior Center and rediscovered her love of oil painting.
Penny is preceded in death by her husband Edward, her sister Barbara (Pennington) Schreiber, her brother George Neil Pennington and her daughter Linda Downie. Surviving are two children: Sandra
Nehring and Neil (Karen) Nehring, son‐in‐law Kevin Downie, six grandchildren, Megan Downie, Philip (Adam Mageli) Downie, Stacey Adams, Mitchell Adams, Timothy Nehring, Rachel Nehring. Also surviving are two nieces, Nancy (Tom) Gilmore and Mary Ann Schreiber, a great niece Kelly (Matt) Taylor and great nephew Mike Gilmore and a great‐great nephew Hank and great‐great niece Maggie.
Visitation Monday, October 15, 2018 from 10:00 am until the 11:00 am Funeral Service at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 North Arlington Heights Road (4 blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cottey College at http://www.cottey.edu/give/ (crediting P.E.O. Chapter J.M.) Funeral Information and condolences can be given at www.GlueckertFuneralHome.com or (847) 253-0168.
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