Sallie Pennybacker
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Sallie Pennybacker

  • November 21, 2011
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
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“Sallie got me my very first announcing job....a million years ago at a small horse show at Carlos' Stables in the North Valley. She was a remarkable...Read More » ”
1 of 5 | Posted by: Susan Blakely - NJ

“Debbie: You are a dear friend, and though our friendship is fairly new and I didn't know your mother well, after hearing your touching eulogy and...Read More » ”
2 of 5 | Posted by: Angela McGuire-Pike - Albuquerque, NM

“Mr. and Mrs. Pennybacker were incredibly generous people who offered the riding facility behind their home and their friendship and support to the...Read More » ”
3 of 5 | Posted by: Rosemarie Murray - Socorro, NM

“Dear Susan and Debbie, Your Mom's passing brings back many fun memories--scouts, your Dad teaching our troop Dutch songs and dances, the horse years...Read More » ”
4 of 5 | Posted by: Jan Siegrist - Albuquerque, NM

“On behalf of the French Family of Companies we want to express to you our deepest condolences. ”
5 of 5 | Posted by: Richard Stewart - Albuquerque, NM


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PENNYBACKER, SALLIE
Age 89, died Monday, November 21, 2011. She was born Sarah Ann Van Buren on January 13, 1922, in Glen's Fall, New York. She attended Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri, and the American Academy of Art in Chicago, studying fashion design and illustration. She also worked on the Chicago Herald Star and other newspapers. On February 18, 1950 she married James Edmund Pennybacker in White Plains, New York. They toured Europe before moving to Frankfurt, Germany, where two daughters, Susan Michele and Deborah Carol were born. In 1959 the family moved to Albuquerque where Mrs. Pennybacker was active in the Girl Scout Council and then in organizing horse shows and related activities. In 1982 she began a monthly magazine, the Horseman's Voice, which she published for 17 years. Later she wrote a weekly column, called "Country Comment" for the Albuquerque Journal Westside edition. Throughout her life in New Mexico she advocated the provision of riding trails throughout the North Valley and the preservation of rural life in the Village of Los Ranchos. She is survived by her daughters, Susan Kuliasha and husband, Michael Priestap, of Knoxville, Tennessee, Debbie Tissot and husband, Ralph of Albuquerque; grandson, Ian Kuliasha and wife, Jasmine of Boulder, Colorado; grandson, Cary Kuliasha of Knoxville. She is also survived by her Beagles, Ryan and Toby. Those wishing to make a charitable contribution in her memory may send checks to Cloud Dancers Riding for the Handicapped or the Beagle Rescue Foundation of America, both c/o 608 Bledsoe Rd. NW, Village of Los Ranchos, NM 87107. Funeral services are planned 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at French Mortuary. Burial will follow in the Santa Fe National Cemetery where her late husband, James Edmund Pennybacker is buried.