Carol Lee Pennington, 78, of Onego passed away on April 7, 2025, at the Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg.
She was born on Sept. 12, 1946, in Mouth of Seneca, the daughter of the late Lester Brown Vance and Evelyn Marie (Raines) Vance Wiley.
Mrs. Pennington was a 1964 graduate of Circleville High School and had been a member of the Onego Seneca United Methodist Church since 1954.
She had worked at the Hanover Shoe Company and the Sewing Factory in Franklin, but she especially loved working at the Onego Post Office. She enjoyed helping all the people she met there and was known as a trustworthy, hardworking friend of the community.
For many years, she shared her musical talents by playing the piano at church and was fond of gardening and canning the fruits of her labor to share with her family.
On Aug. 10, 1968, she married her loving husband, Ronald Keith Pennington, who survives.
In addition to her husband, she leaves behind to cherish her memory a daughter, Lora Bennett (Terry) of Petersburg; a son, Robert Pennington (Nicole) of Seneca Rocks; five grandchildren, Michaela Alt (Dan), Madison Moss (Nick), Mariah Goldizen (Casey), Joshua and Ashley Pennington; and two great-grandchildren, Noah Alt and Miley Kate Moss.
She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Miles Eli Bennett.
In honoring her wishes, she has been cremated.
A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Onego Christian Church with Pastor Mike Lambert officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date at the North Fork Memorial Cemetery in Riverton.
Memories and words of comfort may be left at www.basagic.com or on Facebook at Basagic Funeral Home.
