Mark Penning, one of my best friends passed away on Monday evening. Mark was our teams exclusive home inspector and was an integral part of our business. He was well known and considered a respected professional in the industry. In the last 5 years he conducted well over 1,000 home inspections with his company, Light House Real Estate Inspections.
Mark lived in Cypress with his wife Debbie Penning. He is survived by his son Dustin Penning, daughters Stephanie Penning & Sarah Hudgins; two sisters, Michelle Fagen and Dawn Penning and his mother Jackie Penning.
Mark was a 1980 graduate of Klein High School.
A memorial service will be held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Houston at 10:00 a.m.
12851 Jones Rd.
Houston TX, 77070-4605
(281) 890-1900
Mark enjoyed his family, friends, music and all of those that were there for him when he needed them the most. He was loved by many and appreciated by all that knew him. His work ethic and professionalism were inspiring to say the least.
For more information you can call me at anytime at: 832-298-8555. Please visit Mark's Facebook Memorial Page for some other memories and pictures.
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Greg, I am so sorry for your loss. That's really terrible and he was so young??? What a lovely tribute!
Greg, So, so sorry for your (and everyone else's) loss. What a beautiful memorial tribute you have posted here.
Greg,
Our condolences to Mark's family and your team.
I'm so sorry Greg! It's always hard to lose someone we know, let alone someone we care deeply about. My heart just breaks for his family.
Mark certainly looked like a man who loved life. My condolences to you, your team and his family.
too young. .
So sorry to hear of the passing of your friend. My thoughts are with you and all of his friends and family.
Greg - My condolences go out to his family and friends.
I was so sad to hear that Mark had passed. He was a great guy and one of my favorite inspectors. He will be missed, my prayers go out to his family.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Greg. May the peace of the Lord be with his family at this time.
I'm sorry to hear about your dear friend. My prayers are with you & his family as well.
my sympathies go out to you and your family on the loss of your friend and colleague... as well as to his family. This stuff never gets any easier, does it?
Greg - I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Mark. As you may remember, I lost one of my best friends, David Wilder, to cancer a couple of years ago. He was 49 - about the same age as Mark, I see. If you want to talk anytime, I'm around.
Sorry for your loss, sounds like he was a dear friend.
I'm sorry to read this Greg. You're a true friend and I'm sure you feel the loss deeply :-(
Greg ~ losses are hard enough let alone someone that you are close to and respect. My thoughts and prayers are with you and his family.
It's funny (not funny, haha). I read Dawn's comment and thought, that's exactly true. Whenever someone passes away, you can't help but think about how sad it is and how hard it will be for their loved ones. But when it is someone close to you, a friend, it hits doubly hard.
I'm truly sorry to hear about your loss, Greg, and I pray that you and Mark's other family and friends will find comfort in your memories and each other.
~Emcee
So sorry for the loss of your friend Greg.
May your grief be short, but your memories be long.
Greg I am so very sorry for the loss of your good friend Mark. Our thoughts are with you and his family!
Greg - I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your dear friend. Thinking of you and his family right now.
Greg, What a nice tribute to your friend. I'm sure it means a lot to his family.
Greg - I am sorry to hear of your loss of a good friend. His pictures looked like a fun filled life and he will be missed. It was very nice of you to use this platform to get the word out.
Very sorry for your loss Greg and it's tough seeing special people leave in our lives and I hope you don't think it's weird that I featured your post at one of my groups ...
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VB
Greg,
This is Mark's sister Dawn. Thank you so much for putting this warm respectful tribute together for Mark and thank you all for the thoughts and prayers.
dawn
so, so sorry for your loss, Greg. Many prayers for all of you who knew and loved him.
Thank you everyone. Dawn, it was awesome to meet you and your mother. Thanks for stopping by the post.
Greg, your blog is great. What a nice way to remember Mark. I know he would have loved it. Thanks for being such a great friend to him.
Greg, so sorry for your loss. This seems to have been a terrible year for so many families in our real estate community and the people we work with and love. Thoughts and prayers are with you and his family.
James,
Why don't you call me. 832-298-8555. I'm by the phone now.
Thanks Tammy, I'm so glad to have gotten to finally know you! It hurt me to see Dean sad, I know he loved him too.
I am sorry to hear of you losing a friend.... losing friends is hard....I will keep all of you in my prayers.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how it feels to lose a friend. My prayers are with all of you.
Greg, This is a wonderful thing you did for Mark. He is going to be greatly missed. I wished he realized how much he was loved! Thank you for doing this. Kellie
Greg... sorry to hear about the loss of your friend and co-worker. He was a very young guy.
Thanks Kellie!
Much appreciated VB!!
I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your best friend. It's a pain that is almost unbearable! You and his family will be in my prayers.
I am so sorry for the loss!!! YOu wrote a wonderful tribute to what sounds like a wonderful man!!
Thanks for posting about Mark for all of us to send our condolences both to you and his family. I hope you can draw on the strength of this AR family. Our prayers are with you Greg.
Greg, how terribly sad. Sorry for your loss. Sorry for your buyers loss too.
Greg, I am sorry for your loss. It sounds like Mark made a difference in the lives of many people.
My condolences to you and Mark Penning's Family. What a tragic loss for Mark's family and to all his friends, like yourself. He seems so healthy and full of life.
It's times like these that we are reminded how precious life is!
Greg, I'm so sorry to hear about the untimely death of your good friend. What a great loss at such a young age. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and to Mark's family.
Thank you Shirley, Amanda and everyone else. The funeral was today, and it was really nice. Sigh..
Greg,
Sorry about your loss. It's always so hard to deal with anyone who losses a friend and a friend who was young. All I can say is keep the faith and just remember those kids of his. I know when my father passed at the age of 43, the best thing for me at the time was all the love poured in and the prayers for us (the kids). This is what got us through the difficult time.
Greg,
Just saw this and wanted to thank YOU for the guidance and support you've given us this past week (as well as the whole neighborhood of friends). Debbie is not ready to get back to the computer-world yet, but when she does she will be overwhelmed by all the wonderful, kind people who have posted things on this site and others.
Thank you again, Greg, for your strength when we needed it the most.
Angie (Debbie's sister)
Thank you Angela! It was really nice to finally meet you and the family.