Faye Irene Pengilly

Published 10:54 am Thursday, November 21, 2013

May 19, 1926 – October 20, 2013

Faye Irene Pengilly, 87, of Boise, Idaho, died of natural causes on Sunday, October 20, 2013, in her home. She was surrounded by her loving family and her pets.

Faye will be most remembered for her compassion, generosity, warm company, and great sense of humor. She loved her home, where she lived for 50 years, her children and grandchildren, animals, travel, and sports.

Faye was born to Irene and Hugo Peters in Bend, Oregon, on May 19, 1926. Faye graduated from Bend High in 1944. She married John Pengilly of Bend on September 9, 1949. They lived in Halfway Oregon until 1959, when they moved to Boise and built the Downtowner Motel. While John worked around the clock, Mom took care of the family and home. She served as chauffer, cook, counselor, home manager, tutor, coach, always a friend to her children’s friends, and a wonderful, loving mother.

After selling the Downtower, Faye and John opened Pengilly’s Saloon in 1976, where she managed the kitchen and assisted in other aspects of the business. Faye was heartbroken when John died in 2000. True to her character, Faye pulled through and took over management of the Saloon until 2006 – 30 years after its opening.

Faye is survived by her three children and their spouses: Jay and Mimi Pengilly of Moscow, Pete and Dena Pengilly of Boise, and Suzi Pengilly and Craig Holmquist of Boise and Whidbey Island, Washington; five loving grandchildren: Molly Moon Neitzel, Max and Marie Pengilly, Joe and Margo Pengilly, and a new great -granddaughter, February Moon Reinig.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John, an infant daughter, her sister , June, and her granddaughter, Anna Neitzel.

Memorials may be made in Faye’s name to the Idaho Humane Society, https://www.idahohumanesociety, or to Molly Moon’s Anna Banana Milk Fund, http://www.familyworksseattle.org.