Pamela Ann Kiedrowski

Born on September 6, 1955, Pam was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Sarah Handrin and James F McNulty. When Pam was 6 months old, her parents immigrated from Scotland to Canada; they then moved to Chicago, IL; and finally, joined her maternal sisters and their families in Santa Monica, CA. Pam attended John Adams Jr. High and Santa Monica High School.

While working at the Scottish Pub that her parents ran, the Crafty Cockney, she met Robert Henning; they married and she had her first daughter, Tiffany. After Robert’s untimely passing, Pam remarried and had her second daughter, Anna. She raised both daughters in Santa Monica.

Interestingly, Pam did not get her driver’s license until midlife. So, she and her daughters walked everywhere. The trio would often be stopped - - it seemed that everyone in town knew Pam! After all, before home printers, she was the face of the local print shops. Whether you needed new business cards or wedding invitations printed, invoices or photocopies made – you went to Pam. To say that she had a reputation for taking impeccable care of her customers is an understatement.

Whether PIP, Copy Spot, or One Stop, those were all household names for many businesses and families in Santa Monica. And Pam was often the name that was synonymous with them. She modeled an incredible work ethic for her daughters. Having spent many years as a single mom, Pam worked tirelessly to make sure her daughters never went hungry, always had a roof over their heads, always had Christmas presents.

If Pam couldn’t make it home on her lunch break for her favorite soap opera, One Life to Live, she would set the VCR to record it for when she got home from work, to catch up on what the Buchanan family was up to. She could also be found grabbing her favorite magazines, True Story, The Enquirer and Star, at the grocery checkout line. She was a fan of listening to Motown “oldies” throughout her life. Pam loved her dog Rusty who passed long before her, and was known to ask about her grand-dogs before people – Rocco and Ruby, Roxy and Boo.

In 2008, a diagnosis of ALS altered the trajectory of Pam’s life dramatically. The news was unexpected and, heartbreaking. Most people with ALS pass within 2-5 years of diagnosis; however, Pam’s fighting spirit would go on to battle the illness for nearly two decades.

In her final years, Pam was known as a friend to everyone. She liked to get to know her nurses and caretakers and their personal lives. She enjoyed giving them gifts and was known for her generosity.

Pam’s closest family members served as her caretakers throughout her fight with ALS and she is survived by those who provided that care: her daughters, Tiffany (Marc) Henning Salter and Anna Kiedrowski; grandsons, Jacob and Ethan Salter; sister, Heather (Jon) McNulty Thiede; nieces, Melissa Musselman and Katie Thiede; and great-niece, Maddie Nichelason.

Pam is also survived by the children of her youngest brother, Paul: Justin and Meghan McNulty; stepdaughter, Chrissy Smith; and their spouses and children. Her cousins: Perry, Ann and John Printy; Stewart and Graham Resmer; and their spouses and children. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Patricia Henning Silveroli and nieces, Christine Silveroli Preciado and Robin Silveroli Escotto, and their spouses, children, and grandchildren.

Pam was preceded in death by her parents, James and Sarah; her three brothers, Jim, Derek, and Paul McNulty; sister who died in infancy, Kathleen; and first husband, Robert Henning.

Through all of the challenges, Pam loved to laugh. She is now finally out of her wheelchair and dancing in heaven with her parents, all of her brothers, and many more friends and family. Pam’s legacy lives on; in her kindness to others, her generosity, her work ethic. All are welcome to celebrate her laugher, her love and her life on December 6, 2025 for a Celebration of Life, in Lakewood, CA, at a family home (contact the family for details).

So much progress must be made to make a significant impact in the lives of those who battle the horrid disease that is ALS. Please consider a donation in Pam’s name to the ALS Foundation, and please continue to support the science that battles ALS so that others do not have to suffer as Pam did.