Obituary
PENNEY, Nathan Goff - Passed peacefully away on Monday, May 28, 2012 at the age of 91 years and 6 months to the day, Nathan G. Penney of Masonic Park, Mount Pearl. Nathan lived a full and interesting life. Born in St. John's, he lived in West Virginia as a child, and attended Prince of Wales College in St. John's and Millfield School in Somerset, England. After attending GM Tech in Michigan on a scholarship, he returned to St. John's where he became a Newfoundland Ranger, regimental number 80, and served his five year contract in communities all over the island and in Labrador, earning an honourable discharge and freeing him to marry his wife of 53 years, Grace, who predeceased him 1999. Nathan carried on his life-long career of communicating by working at VOCM radio and then joined his father in the family business, which he continued with Grace for over forty years. Nathan was a joiner and a communicator. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and the Masonic Fraternity, being a Past Master of Lodge Tasker #454, and a member of many other Masonic bodies, in particular the Shrine. He was also a board member of the Consumer Co-op Societies in St. John's and in Clarenville. Nate VO1NP was deeply involved in Amateur Radio, holding executive positions in the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation and he was a past president and life-time member of the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs. In Rotary International, he was a Paul Harris Fellow. Nathan was an alumnus of Memorial University of Newfoundland and he believed strongly in the value of education. He was a donor to and a supporter of the Faculty of Medicine and also the Faculty of Engineering. A Memorial Service will be held to celebrate the life of Nathan G. Penney on Friday, June 1, at 1:30 pm at the Masonic Park Chapel in Mount Pearl. No flowers by request, but if you choose you can make a donation to a charity of your choice in remembrance of Nathan. Daughter Mavis, son Frank and grandsons Ian and Andrew invite all to the memorial service, and to the reception that will follow at the Masonic Park Community Centre. To sign the online memorial guest book, please visit www.barretts.ca
