- Date Of Birth: November 12, 1983
- Date Of Death: January 8, 2013
- State: Michigan
Ryan M. Pennings, age 29, went home to his Lord and Savior Tuesday evening, January 8, 2013, after a second courageous battle with Ewing Sarcoma. He was born on November 12, 1983, in Kalamazoo, MI. He was a much loved son, brother and friend; a young man after God’s own heart.
Ryan was a member of Westwood Christian Reformed Church in Kalamazoo and attended Covenant Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Ryan graduated from Kalamazoo Christian High School, received a B.A. degree from Calvin College, and graduated with a doctorate in Physical Therapy from Central Michigan University in 2010. He was employed as a physical therapist at St. Mary’s Resurrection Life Hospital in Chicago for 20 months.
Ryan was preceded in death by: an infant brother, Jason Pennings; maternal grandparents, Jacob and Marion Tolsma; and paternal grandfather, Wilbur Pennings. Left to survive his loss are: his parents, Bradley and Jan Pennings; brothers and sister-in-law, Brett and Gina Pennings of Grand Rapids, MI, Craig and Chad Pennings of Kalamazoo; grandmothers, Margaret Pennings and Betty Tolsma; and aunts, uncles and many cousins.
