Rose Evelyn Price Penn

PENN, ROSE “ROSALIE” EVELYN (PRICE), age 86, of Wilcox Avenue Pawtucket, passed away peacefully at home on October 25, 2012, with her family by her side.  She was the wife of her beloved David E. Penn for over sixty-six years.  Born in Providence in 1926, the daughter of the late Louis B. and Bessie L. (Gregerman) Price, she was a resident of Pawtucket since 1953.   A congregant of Temple Emanu-El, she was a member of Hadassah and the National Rifle Association.  Rosalie was a graduate of Hope High School Class of June 1944; she was a secretary in the City of Pawtucket Planning Department until 1969.  She loved to entertain family and friends.  One of her favorite pastimes was digging quahogs at her summer residence to make her world famous red “chowda”.   Besides her husband, Rosalie is survived by her devoted daughter Elise Penn Pansey of Pawtucket and “favorite” son Michael L. Penn and his wife Lisa of Warwick. She also leaves her cousins Evelyn Nussenfeld and Jess Dubin, grandson Steven B. Pansey and granddaughters Allison and Julie Penn, nieces Ellen Hyman and Lisa Grasso, and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grand nephews.  She was the sister of the late Belle F. Hyman and cousin to the late William Gregerman and Paul Gregerman.   Funeral service will be held Wednesday, Oct 31st at 12:00 NOON at the Sugarman-Sinai Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope Street Providence.  Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.  Shiva will be observed Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 at the home of her daughter, Elise Penn Pansey.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Jewish Eldercare of Rhode Island, 100 Niantic Ave., Providence, RI 02907.