Linda
Dell
Penman
Abilene
Linda
Dell
Penman,
67, of
Abilene,
TX,
passed
from
this
life to
the next
on
Friday,
October
21,
2011.
The
family
will
receive
friends
for a
memorial
service
Saturday,
October
29,
2011, in
Abilene
at
4:00p.m.
at
Elliott-Hamil
Funeral
Home,
542
Hickory
St. with
Reverend
Joseph
Barrett
officiating.
Linda
was born
March
20, 1944
to
William
Dell and
Sarah
Ione
Allen
Penman
in
Haskell,
TX. She
felt
fortunate
to have
grown up
in the
small
community
of
Rochester,
TX,
where
the
students
could
participate
in any
activity
or sport
they
chose.
She was
a
majorette
and
later
the drum
major
for the
marching
band,
played
first
chair
clarinet
in the
concert
band,
and
played
alto sax
in the
stage
band. In
her
senior
year she
was
Queen of
the
Abilene
West
Texas
Fair and
graduated
from
Rochester
High
School
in 1962.
Linda
graduated
with a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
from
Texas
Tech
University
in 1966,
and that
summer
married
Ben
Faulkner
and
moved to
Big
Spring.
They had
two
boys,
Terry
and
Scott.
Very
active
in the
community
and
church,
Linda
played
bells
for the
choir
and
taught
Sunday
School
in the
First
Methodist
Church.
She was
State
Vice-President
for the
Jaycee-Ettes.
She cut
up and
cooked
rattlesnake
for the
Jaycee
Rattlesnake
Roundup
for ten
years,
and even
milked a
rattlesnake
in the
pit -
one
time.
After a
divorce
in 1976,
Linda
and her
boys
moved to
San
Angelo.
She was
State
Section
Director
for the
Mutual
UFO
Network
(MUFON)
for
Howard
and Val
Verde
Counties,
and was
the
contact
person
for
people
to
report
sightings.
She
graduated
with a
Master
of
Science
degree
in
Counseling
Psychology
from
Angelo
State
University
in 1980.
Linda
worked
at the
San
Angelo
State
School
as an
Associate
Psychologist
until
she
moved to
Abilene
in 1994.
She then
worked
at the
Abilene
State
School
as an
Associate
Psychologist,
and
retired
from TX
MHMR in
2000.
Linda
returned
to work
as a
Counselor
with
Windham
ISD at
the
Robertson
and
Middleton
prisons
and
retired
again in
August,
2010.
Linda
enjoyed
golf,
snow
skiing,
motorcycling,
and
scuba
diving,
was a
private
pilot
and true
to her
Scottish
heritage
and love
of
music,
played
the
bagpipes
as a
member
of the
Abilene
Pipers.
She and
friends
from
childhood
traveled
to many
parts of
the
world.
They
snorkeled
in the
Australian
Great
Barrier
Reef,
cruised
to
Alaska,
trekked
through
Spain,
explored
Pompeii,
climbed
magical
Machu
Picchu,
visited
Stonehenge,
participated
in
tribal
ceremony
in Fiji,
climbed
a temple
in
Yucatan,
Mexico,
zip-lined
in the
Caribbean
and
visited
many
other
places.
Linda is
survived
by her
children,
Terry
Dell
Faulkner
of
Abilene
and
Scott
Ashton
Faulkner,
of San
Angelo;
her
granddaughter,
Lindsey
Dell
Faulkner
of
Sherman;
her
brothers,
Bill
Penman
of
Rochester
and Bob
Penman
of
Austin;
and many
relatives
and
friends.
Memorials
may be
made to
Grace
Flight,
or the
church/charity
of
choice.
You may
view and
sign
guestbook
at
www.elliotthamilfuneralhome.com.
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Obituary submitted by Steve Munday |
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