Penny Szewki

Penny Szewki, age 55 of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. A memorial visitation will be held from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, prior to the service at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established in Penny’s memory.
Penny was born April 4, 1960, the daughter of George and Mary (Freeman) Stephens in Elgin, Illinois. She attended Larkin High School and graduated with the Class of 1977. Penny worked as the pool manager at the YWCA in Elgin and as a paramedic for 25 years for Hampshire, Illinois and Pingree Grove, Illinois. She later went to work as a Phlebotomist at St. Joseph’s in Elgin and FHN in Freeport, Illinois. Penny also drove bus for the Mt. Carroll School District.
Penny enjoyed taking care of foster children, crocheting, baking, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.
Penny will be dearly missed by her good friend, Terry Meeker and Terry’s children whom she loved as her own, daughter, Carrie (Tony) Schmidt of Mt. Carroll; son, Nicholas Meeker of Mt. Carroll; two grandchildren, William and Abigail Schmidt. Penny is preceded in death by her mother, Mary.