Pastor Judith L. "Judy" Penniman

I can´t remember the exact years Judith & Al lived either below or above us @ 1917/1919 Douglas St. in Rockford, IL. I was still in collage & living w/ my parents. Judith & Al were a fun young couple, full of life. They were just starting out. I believe she was teaching @ the community college. Good times in the early 1960´s!

Aunt Judy Rest in Peace your loving Nephew Burleigh Randolph.

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

Hon. Al Penniman:
So sorry about Judy’s passing. I knew you folks when I lived @ 1919 Douglas Street in Rockford with my parents Ray & Dorothy Partch. You folks lived downstairs and I remember Judy as a vibrant young person. Also remember how she was taking
or teaching a science lab @ a local college and needed some frogs for dissecting so my Dad and I went out to Pierce Lake and collected a bunch for her. What fun so many years ago. My wife and I am now retired & live...

I'm saddened by Judy's passing, but what is earth's loss is heaven's gain. She was truly a godly woman, and I am confident was greeted, when she stepped onto the streets of heaven with "Well done, good and faithful servant." Her legacy will live on in the lives of her family, friends, and all who knew her, or were mentored or pastored by her. I was truly blessed to have known her. My thoughts and prayers are with Al and her family, at this difficult time.

Pastor Judy was one of the kindest people I have ever met in my life. I started going to Gentle Shepherd as a teenager and Kevin was our youth Minister and let's just say he had his hands full. But he stuck to his guns and and help change the path of mine and several other teenagers that went to this church and it became our home church for many years. Many times when I had trouble Judy was there for me. She married me and my wife, and baptized both my children. We will never forget how...

I met pastor Judy when I was just a teenager going to High School she was one of the nicest people you would ever meet and cared about everyone she met and she loved the lord I pray for her family during this time.

Eric & Amy - so sorry for your loss.