Pollyanna Sprenkel

Pollyanna Sprenkel Sept. 6, 1925 - Dec. 20, 2013 Resident of Pleasanton Pollyanna Sprenkel passed away just before Christmas due to complications following cancer surgery. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and a kind and loving friend and neighbor to all of the Pleasanton community. Polly was born in Washington County, Kansas, and attended the Haddem, Kansas schools, graduating with the class of 1942. She married her husband Roger from Wichita that same year in September and moved with him to California upon his return from military service in World War II, where the two made their life of 53 years together. Roger and Polly were blessed with five boys and raised their family first in Castro Valley before moving to Pleasanton, where Polly remained for the rest of her life. Polly worked as a teller for Bank of America on Main Street for over thirty years and was a dear friend known to most of the town. Polly volunteered with the Kaiser Medical Center in Pleasanton after she retired from Bank of America, working first in the gift shop and later at the information desk for the last several years of her life. She will long be remembered as being gracious and kind to those she helped and wated upon. Polly was preceded in death by her loving husband in 1995, and her two youngest sons, Michael in 1987 and William in 2007. She is survived and will greatly missed by her sons Richard (JoAnn) of Pine Grove, California, Larry (Anna) of Amboy Washington, and Robert (Jill) of Discovery Bay, CA, as well as her 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service to celebrate Polly's life, Sat., Jan. 11, 2014, 1pm at the Chapel of the Chimes, 32992 Mission Blvd., Hayward. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hope Hospice, 6377 Clark Ave., Dublin, CA 94568.