JOAN LOUISE PENTNEY

Joan Louise Pentney went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 1, 2015.
She was born July 14, 1953 in Bergland, Ont. to Ted and Tena Lundgren.
Joan grew up in Bergland, Ont. and attended McCrosson Tovell School, then went on to attend Rainy River High School.
While Joan was working in the community and raising her family, she began to take evening university courses.
Joan was determined and went off to university in Thunder Bay, Ont. for three years to obtain her BA/B.Ed. and become a teacher.
Joan taught at Big Grassy School and Riverview, but the majority of her teaching was done at McCrosson Tovell.
She enjoyed teaching, guiding, and mentoring her students so much that when she retired in 2008, she continued to go back to school to visit the teachers and give a helping hand.
One always would see Joan outside in the garden tending her vegetables or picking strawberries from the strawberry garden her son built. She enjoyed Sunday afternoons on her deck, canning, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Through her courageous battle with cancer, Joan was positive and strong, always encouraging to the other women in the hospital who where struggling with the same illness.
She was predeceased by her father, Ted Lundgren; and her brother-in-law, Alan Meline.
Joan will be greatly missed by her husband, Henry Pentney; children, BobbiJo (D’Arcy) Pentney and Mark Pentney; and grandchildren, Wyatt and Ava.
She also is survived by her mother, Tena Lundgren; siblings, Bill (Nancy) Lundgren, James (Wanda) Lundgren, Sandra Meline, Fern (Buck) Holland, and Barry Lundgren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Bergland Hall, with Lay Pastor Carolyn Kreger officiating.
Interment will take place in Bergland Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be her friends and co-workers, Lisa Maxwell, Rose Kreger, Angela Gill, Melissa Nordin, Robin Dalseg, and Bev Arpin.
In memoriam donations may be made to the Rainy River Health Centre c/o Northridge Funeral Home, P.O. Box 89, Emo, Ont., P0W 1E0.
Online condolences may be offered at www.northridgefuneralhome.com