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Maxine Penny Easley

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Maxine "Penny" Easley, 97, of Rogers passed away on December 17, 2019 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale. Penny was born August 19, 1922 in Key, Arkansas to Ottis Cleora and Mary Ellen Mahaney Key. Key, Arkansas was named for her family who settled there in 1832. She grew up in the log cabin they had built upon settling. She was the last surviving sibling and cousin in her family. Key, Arkansas is now under Beaver Lake. She was a stay at home mother, but during WWII, while her husband went to war, she worked at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas as a Rosie the Riveter. She was very involved with the Girl Scouts when her youngest girl was in school. She married Clare Easley on August 9, 1942, and they were the parents of three daughters. Penny was preceded in death by her husband, Clare who passed in 1989; her sisters, Roberta Bowen and Helen Threet; and her granddaughter, Jennifer Waudby Ferguson. She is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Jo and John Waudby of Bentonville, Sue and David Schwendemann of Bella Vista and Judy and Johnny Harris of Carthage, Missouri. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Jeff Knappenberger, Amy Hessman, Corey Harris, Casey Harris, and Craig Harris; her great-grandchildren, Austin, Conner, Duncan, Payton, Kyle, Tiffany, Sarah, Crissy, Kaden, Abby, Ashlyn, Shayla, Tyler, Abiah; and great-great grandchildren, Naomi, Keegan and Marley. Her wish was to not have a visitation or formal funeral, but there will be a graveside service in Bland Cemetery on Moberly Lane, Bentonville on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, www.nationalmssociety.org/Donate‎. Online condolences can be made at www.rollinsfuneral.com.

Published December 19, 2019

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