Penny E. Harbey, age 88, of Faribault, formerly of Albert Lea and Glendale, Ariz., died on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at Infinia at Faribault Health Care Center.

Private services will be held for the family. Spring interment will be at Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault.

Arrangements are being completed by the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault.

Ethel Minnie Brown was born on Aug. 23, 1919, in Minneapolis to William and Ada (Kind) Brown. She married Jens Jepson and he preceded her in death. Later, she married Claude Harbey and he also preceded her in death. She was formerly employed by St. John&8217;s Care Center in Albert Lea. She later owned Sunny Acres Greenhouse and Penny&8217;s Poodle Parlor, both of Albert Lea.She was a master dollmaker.

She is survived by three children, Jerry (and Donna) Jepson of Elkhart, Ind., Mary L. (Christenson) Harriman of Albert Lea and Dorothy &8220;Dolly&8221; (and Eldon) Hunt of Faribault; 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Jens and Claude; two sons, Curtis and Robert Jepson; one granddaughter, Rhonda Christenson; one great-grandson, Taylor Patrick Bernard; and two sons-in-law, Harold Christenson and William &8220;Bill&8221; Harriman.

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