Hermina “Penny” Whearley, 84 left this earthly home on September 18, 2022 in Dallas, TX. She was born February 26, 1938 in Waco, TX to Estevan and Simona Fuentes. Penny was raised in Waco and attended and graduated from University High School.
She met the love of her life Johnny Whearley and they were married January 12, 1973 celebrating 49 years of marriage along with raising four beautiful children. Penny worked for Clifton Manufacturing as a secretary and payroll executive. In her free time she enjoyed gardening both vegetables and flowers, bass fishing, camping and deer hunting, tending to her chickens, road trips with her beloved and family, huge Dallas Cowboys fans, and sweeping she always had a broom in her hand. She really loved eating hot peppers from her garden, and cooking meals for her family where she embraced her Hispanic heritage which always included beans and homemade tortillas. Penny’s Family and friends will always remember her as happy person, who had a hug and meal for everyone.
Penny is preceded in death by her parents Estevan and Simona Fuentes; brother, Frank Fuentes; sister-in-law Martha Fuentes, and several cousins.
Left to cherish her memory, her beloved husband, Johnny Whearley; children, Bobbie Jean Cauley and husband Daryl, Lisa Whearley, Johnny Whearley Jr., Shelly Hanson husband Sean; grandchildren, Shelby and Emily Cauley, Lisa Rice, Sean Jr, Jami Kerr, Brandy White, Katie, Johnny Whearley III; siblings, Steve Fuentes, Mat Hollingsworth and husband Bobby, Tommy Fuentes and wife Jeanne, Jesse Fuentes and wife Gippi, sister-in-law Jennie Fuentes; along with many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A visitation for Hermina will be held Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Grove Hill Funeral Home, 3920 Samuell Blvd, Dallas, TX 75228, followed by a funeral service at 2:00 PM, and the committal service to immediately follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Grove-Hill.com for the Whearley family.
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