The Last Post

Edwards, Penny-Lee Amanda
(September, 29 1957 – October, 24 2006)

On the morning of October 24, Penny was called home to live in the house of her Lord.
She passed away very gently and peacefully, in her sleep and in the arms of her husband Michael, after living well in spite of cancer. She is also survived by, and will always be lovingly remembered by her parents Peter and Patricia Guzak, her maternal grandmother Elna Amanda Sparks, sisters and their spouses Pamela with Stanley Hicks, Patricia Guzak, Paula with Dennis Kreba. Her daughters Petra with Robert Valica, Tanya with Jesse Sichkaryk and granddaughters Kylie and Neressa, and her son Peter with Julie Lamanes.

She had a special place in the hearts of, and will be missed by her stepchildren as well. Christopher and Amanda Eveland, Jeffrey and Sarah Eveland, Sean McMahon, and five more grandchildren. Connor, Hannah, Nicolas, Vincent and Alexis.
Penny was born, raised and lived in Edmonton and area all her life to a family that settled in Western Canada at the turn of the last century, and has grown to a large extended family. To all of you that watched her grow up, and that grew up with her. Thank you for the memories.
Penny’s best friends, Fran Robinson, Pam Handley and Lori Neeves have never met, but they all felt Penny was their sister. The special friends Penny made during her struggle with this disease, Gloria, Annie and Adi will miss you until they see you again.

Our dear sweet Penny. You were a role model to so many of us in so many different ways. You will always be with us in spirit, and an inspiration to do the right thing. You showed us how to deal with the tough things in life, like cancer, how to live fully and graciously in spite of it. You reminded us to be grateful for and share what we have, and not to be to hard on ourselves or regret our actions because we did the best we could at that time. You touched a lot of people with your efforts to fight back at the disease called cancer with your website Pennies for Cancer, and left a legacy that can only help others.

You showed us in so many ways what love is, and we are going to share that with everyone who joins together with us next week in remembering your life, and saying farewell. Family and friends are invited to attend a service in celebration of Penny’s life at Millwoods Community Church, 2304-38 Street, Edmonton Alberta on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 1 PM.

The family would like to extend a very warm and special thank you to the staff on the Palliative Care Unit at Grey Nun’s Hospital in Edmonton. You deserve to have the initials TLC added to the sign that welcomes people to your floor. If they take the hot tub out during the renovations beginning there today, call us. We will do what whatever it takes to get you a new one.

Condolences may be sent to the family at http://serenity.ca/condolences.htm, and in lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to the Cross Cancer Institute, Grey Nun’s Hospital, Pennies for Cancer .com or a charity of your choice.