Pennie Lynne Scates
Chapel Oaks Funeral Home of Hiawatha
Hiawatha, KS
Pennie Lynne Scates, 51, of Falls City, NE, formerly of Hiawatha, passed away June 9, 2020, at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS, where she had been taken after suffering from a stroke.

Pennie was born January 2, 1969, at Des Moines, IA, the daughter of Alfred Hershel and Gayle Holtman Bougher and has lived in the northeast Kansas area nearly all of her life. The family moved to Hiawatha when Pennie was in the 7th grade and then attended schools here.

She married Louis Scates, July 18, 1987. They lived most of their married life in Hiawatha divorcing after 30 years of marriage. She was a stay at home Mom, raising her family was so important to her. In recent years, she moved to Falls City to make her home.

Survivors include a son Kyle Scates of Falls City, a daughter Samantha Scates of Hiawatha, her mother Gayle and Wesley Barnett, step-sisters: Vickie Barnett of Hawaii, Toni Lovelady of Hiawatha, Angie Hernandez of St. Joseph, MO, and a half-sister Melissa Bougher of Des Moines along with numerous other relatives. Three grandchildren also survive: Aden Ramirez, Alexis Ramirez and Kameron Scates, along with her dog Max.

Pennie was preceded in death by her father, aunt Christie, uncles: Lee Holtman, Richard Holtman, sister Shawna Genuik, and grandmother Sylvia Holtman.

Funeral services are planned for 1 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha.

The family will meet with friends one hour prior to services.

Memorial contributions are suggested to help with funeral expenses, sent in care of funeral home, 124 S 7th St., Hiawatha 66434.

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