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Penelopia Ann "Penny" Layton
1946 2021

Penelopia Ann "Penny" Layton

May 20, 1946 — December 28, 2021

Penelopia Ann “Penny” Layton, 75, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Nottingham Health & Rehabilitation, Olathe, Kansas. Cremation is planned with a Celebration of Life to be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, January 13, 2022, at the First Christian Church, Garnett. Penny was born May 20, 1946, at Seminole, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert and Nancy (Heister) Layton. She graduated from Emporia High School with the Class of 1964. She was married to Dean Sutton in Garnett in 1966 they later divorced, but Penny continued to reside in Garnett. Penny was employed as a seamstress with Warner’s sewing factory; desk clerk at Sherwood Inn; and was a salesclerk at convenience stores located in Garnett and Baldwin. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, going to the casino, cruising around the North Lake, seeing the ducks at the south lake, and she was an avid Dr. Pepper drinker. Penny loved being with family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and her dog Sukie. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister Sharon Barker; great granddaughter Kaelyn Rae Capell; and niece Laura Barker. Survivors include three children, Larry Sutton (Jody) of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Julie Sutton of Ottawa, and Jill Culley (Cord) of Baldwin City; two siblings, Marc Ballinger (Shannon) of Pleasanton, Kansas, and Vicki Reed of Missouri; four grandchildren, Danielle Capell (Joe) of Ottawa, Andrew Sutton (Megan) of Garnett, Austin Sutton (Giezelle) of Colorado, and Rebecca Sutton of Fredericksburg, Virginia; and eight great grandchildren.

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

2:00 - 3:00 pm (Central time)

First Christian Church of Garnett

200 South Walnut Street, Garnett, KS 66032

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