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Dawn Penders Obituary

PENDERS Dawn Grace Penders, 74, went to be with the Lord after a sudden illness on November 7, 2014. Married to William Penders for 20 years, Dawn and Bill moved from Troy, NY, to be closer to family. She is the mother of Kelly Cronin Komatz (Peter), Michele Manley (deceased) and Daniel Cronin (deceased); grandmother to Heather Underhill, Chris and Andrew Komatz; and great-grandmother to Owen and Michele Underhill. She is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Dawn was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church Green Cove Springs, and a member of the Orange Park Women s Club, Elks Club, Red Hat Ladies and Clay Council on the Aging and the Blind. Dawn s family will receive friends on Sunday, November 9, 2014, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home, 529 Kingsley Avenue, Orange Park, FL 32073, 904- 264-1233. A Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 7190 Highway 17, Fleming Island, FL 32003. Dawn s body will be laid in her final resting place in Menands, NY, next to her son and daughter. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Dreams Come True, 6803 Southpoint Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32216, or the charity of your choice. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com

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Published by Florida Times-Union on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Stan & Charlotte(Kuentzel)Hablutzel

November 12, 2014

Billy & Family,
We just found out about the loss of your wife Dawn. So sorry for your loss, please know that we will pray that God gives you comfort through your loss. Your wife Dawn sounds like a remarkable woman, please let the rest of your family know how sorry we are. Keep Dawn's memory close to you.

Jim & Jeanne Prendergast

November 12, 2014

Our sincerest sympathies...what a shock

The Staff of Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home

November 12, 2014

Offering our deepest sympathies during this time.

William Prendergast

November 11, 2014

Dawn you have been an inspiration to us all for many years. Running in the famed Freihofer's Race for Women in Albany as a blind woman was monumental. Working so hard to attain your Master's Degree, and fighting thru all roadblocks this life has put before you. Bask in God's Glory my dear cousin and celebrate your life and rejoice with those who have gone before you. I shall pray for you, Bill, Kelly, Peter and family.
Love,
Billy

Michele Dawn Juda

November 11, 2014

Some of my earliest memories of Aunt Dawn are of being in her kitchen in Ardsley, watching her prepare syringes to manage Michele's diabetes. Even as a young girl, I remember being aware of how frightening that must have been for her and in awe of her strength. I remember admiring the persistence and determination it took for her to earn her Master's degree while mothering her three children and bravely facing her diagnosis of RP, knowing it would slowly erode and finally take her sight. Perhaps my happiest memory of Aunt Dawn is when she spirited my sister and I off with our cousins for a day of adventure on Cape Cod, a day which culminated in a late afternoon lunch of pizza together. I still have the Cape Cod mug, complete with a rainbow, that she bought us as a souvenir of that day.

Aunt Dawn had a life full of challenges. She endured what no Mom should ever need to endure--twice--in the loss of Michele and Danny. May she rest peacefully in the company of her two precious angels.

Gerry & Jack Kooyoomjian and Family

November 8, 2014

We were saddened to hear of Dawn's passing. Please know how very sorry we are. Hold on to your memories. They will guide you during this time of sadness.

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9

Visitation

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home and Cremation Services

529 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, FL 32073

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10

Funeral Mass

3:00 p.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

7190 Highway 17, Fleming Island, FL

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529 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, FL 32073

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