Virginia A. Pennypacker

Virginia A. (Walton) Pennypacker, 86, Altoona passed away Friday, August 17, 2018, at her home.

                She was born in Washington Boro, PA, a daughter of the late Charles R. and Lillian M. (Smith) Walton.  She graduated from William Penn High School in Millersville, PA.  She worked at RCA and Lerners in Lancaster, PA.  She moved to Camp Hill, PA in 1954 and then to Altoona in 1960.

                She is survived by five sons:  Ronald of York, PA, his two children, 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren;  Michael of Glenville, NY, and his wife Jeanne, their five children and 10 grandchildren; Brian and girlfriend, Sara Shuey of Lebanon, PA, and his 2 children; Sam and his wife Brandi of Lebanon and their one son; Dwight and fiancé Dina of Altoona and his one daughter; and one daughter, Ann Natyzak of Manhattan, NY.  She is  also survived by one sister, Lorna E. Lawrence and her husband Gerald R. Lawrence of Lancaster, PA.

                She was preceded in death by two sisters and their husbands, Esther M. Galloway and Clyde Galloway and Helen Sensenig and John R. Sensenig, two sons, Henry T. and Philip C, and one daughter, Candice A.

                Virginia was employed by JC Penney for 20 years, working in the Receiving, Display, Sewing and Selling Floor departments.  She was very active in the Boy Scouts of America, Penn’s Woods Council.  She helped organize Pack 12 at the Ward Avenue Presbyterian Church and was den mother.  In 1965 she received her den mother’s award and received a Silver Fawn Award in 1971.

                Her hobbies included golf, painting, camping, baseball and was active in road rallys with her Corvette.  She was also an animal lover and loved to garden and to do crafts.

                Friends will be received from 11am until the 1pm funeral service, Thursday, August 23, 2018, at First Church of Christ, 112 Good Shepherd Road, Altoona, PA  16601, with Pastor John Collins, officiating.  Interment at Grandview Cemetery.