Penny Corbitt
January 17, 1969 ~ July 19, 2023
Penny Corbitt age 54 of New Hampton, IA died Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at Holy Family Parish in New Hampton with Rev. Jim Goerend celebrating the Mass.
For those unable to attend the Mass in person please join the family via Livestream at the link below.
https://foveo.stream/hugeback-johnson/penny-corbitt
Friends may greet the family from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory in New Hampton. Visitation continues two hours prior to the Mass on Wednesday at the church.
Please bring a memory of Penny written down to put in a jar that will be at the visitation Tuesday evening.
Penny was born on January 17, 1969, in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Patrick and Barbara (Perlic) Corbitt. She left behind a legacy of compassion, kindness, and friendship that touched the lives of many.
Penny's educational journey began at Fredericksburg High School before she completed her high school years at New Hampton, where she embarked on the path that would define her career in the medical field. After high school, she pursued higher education, earning her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and later attending nursing school at NIACC.
During her youth, Penny's life took a beautiful turn when she crossed paths with her life partner, Jason Leach. Their bond strengthened as they attended Junior and Senior prom together, and their love blossomed into a lasting partnership. They welcomed their son, Danny, into their lives, and together they formed a loving and supportive family. Penny loved Danny with all of her heart and loved traveling around to watch his sporting events.
Penny's heart was dedicated to the medical field, and she found purpose in helping others. Her experiences during the tragic events of 9/11 while working at VGM in medical logistics deeply impacted her, especially as she collaborated with people in New York during that challenging time. This profound event drove her to further her nursing education and subsequently embark on a nursing career at Satori Hospital in Cedar Falls. She then spent a fulfilling decade at the New Hampton Clinic before eventually dedicating her skills and compassion to St. Croix Hospice. In addition to her regular work, Penny also devoted her weekends to the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab, showcasing her unwavering commitment to the well-being of others.
Penny's passion for her community knew no bounds, and she was an avid volunteer who generously gave her time to causes close to her heart. Among her many involvements, she served diligently with the Chickasaw County EMS and the Rescue Squad, earning the respect and admiration of those around her. Penny had a unique way of connecting with people, and her trademark greeting, "Hey Buddy," endeared her to everyone she met. Her warm smile and friendly demeanor made strangers into friends wherever she went.
When Penny wasn't working or volunteering, she found joy in shared experiences with Jason. Attending concerts together, regardless of the genre, brought them immense happiness. Whether it was country or rock and roll, Penny embraced each musical event with enthusiasm, creating cherished memories with her life partner.
Penny Elaine Corbitt leaves behind a community that mourns her passing deeply. Her life was one of selflessness, dedication, and love, and her impact on the lives she touched will be forever remembered. May her spirit live on in the hearts of all those who knew her.
Penny is survived by her life partner Jason Leach of North Washington, IA; one son, Danny Leach of Lawler, IA; mother, Barbara Corbitt of Mason City, IA; step-mother, Iva Corbitt of Fredericksburg, IA; two step-brothers, Richie (Sona) Ellis of Mason City, IA, Tony (Diana) Ellis of California; one step-sister Mary (John) Bohannan of Springfield, MO; many nieces, nephews and dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her father.
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We are so very sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. Dena and Zac Palmer and Dean Speicher
Rest in peace, Penny🖤 You will be missed buddy! Prayers & sympathies to Penny’s loved ones. Gone too soon.
HUGS and Prayers for her family and friends! Rest in peace Penny
Do sorry for your loss. She was one of the sweetest person
So sorry! Our sympathy to all of Penny’s family and friends! Everyone loved Penny! Rest in Peace!
So sorry to hear rest in peace Penny 🙏
She will be missed so much,loved our visits at the clinic.Thoughts and Prayers to the Family!
My heart goes to Danny and his family. Praying for the family !
Such a caring, sweet person. May she rest in peace. Our condolences to her family. 🙏
Rest in peace beautiful! You are loved by so so many and saying you will be missed is an understatement! Fly high Penny you will an amazing angel just as much as you were an amazing nurse 🤍
Sympathy to Penny’s family! She was quite a gal.
Fly high among the Angels Penny! Our prayers and sympathy to her family and friends!
Our sympathies to all of Penny’s family and friends. Such a beautiful soul. Rest In Peace Penny.
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family. She was a very special gal, everyone’s friend. RIP Penny🙏
So grateful for the opportunity to work with this amazing nurse. My deepest sympathy to her family.
My deepest sympathy to the family. Rest in peace Penny.🙏💝
Prayers to all family and friends now and days ahead to find comfort and peace.
Sorry for your loss
She took such good care of mom. My condolences to her family, Amy and Dawn.
Thx for all ur service to the medical field,u were the best our sympathies to her guys
Rest in peace old friend 😢
deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends. RIP 🙏 Penny
Sending my prayers and condolences to the family.
My deepest sympathy to the family.
Our deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends. She was a very special and caring woman. She will be missed by many. Keep her memories close to your heart Jason and Danny.❤️
So sorry for your loss. She will be missed by many.
So sorry for your loss, thoughts and prayers for all 🙏🏻. Penny was an awesome person ❤️
Sympathy & prayers
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family. She was a very special person and could always put a smile on your face.
Prayers to the family🙏🏻
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
My deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends.
She was one of a kind, she lived life to the fullest and she was a great nurse.
So very sorry for your loss. She was a great gal
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends ❤️🙏❤️
A beautiful person inside and out!! May she rest in peace and her family and friends find comfort in the days ahead. You will be missed Penny. Fly high!!
My deepest sympathy to Jason and Danny. Penny was very special. She was very good at what she did. Keep her memories close to your heart. Prayers 🙏
So sorry to hear this she was such a friendly person, sending prayers to all her family.
Hugs and prayers to Penny’s family.
You were always such a good time! Even in below zero carriage rides! You will be missed so so much. Rest in peace my friend.
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My deepest sympathy!! She was a very caring and loving person!!
She touched so many peoples lives. One of the biggest ❤️ !! Prayers for Jason and Danny to help them get through this difficult time. 
sorry for the family’s loss
Our deepest sympathy
So sorry for your loss
Deepest sympathy to all. Heaven gained a very special angel.
So sorry for your loss.
My deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends.
Our very deepest sympathy to all
Our sympathy & prayers to her family…🙏✝️🙏
My sincerest sympathies to the family
Thoughts and prayers for Jason and Danny. Penny was one of a kind, very special person to so many. RIP Penny..
So sorry to hear this. She was a great person and always showed it. Sending prayers to Jason and Danny
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Sending our deepest sympathy to Pennys family
I am so sorry for your loss. She was so nice! I worked with her first a short time. Rest in Peace 🙏
My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. She was such a special person. She took such great care of our dad at the end of his life providing him with comfort and dignity. She helped our family through a difficult time.
My sincere condolences
So sorry for your loss she was a Great person she will be missed Hugs for all
Heartfelt sympathies! Very compassionate lady.
So sorry for your loss. Penny was an amazing lady..
Thoughts and prayers for peace
to her family and all that loved her 🙏❤️
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends!
So very sorry to hear about Penny’s passing. She always had a smile for everyone and a heart of gold. She will be missed by many. ❤️❤️
Our sympathy to the fami
Our deepest symathy to the family. God bless.
Deepest sympathy!
Rest in peace, Penny! I’m so blessed and honored to have known you and worked with you! My sympathies to the family!
Our deepest sympathy to Penny’s family and friends. She was a great person with a smile no one can forget.
So sorry for your loss! Prayers for Danny and Jason 💔🙏
My sincere condolences to Penny’s family and friends. She was an amazing nurse and friend. She had a beautiful soul. Love you buddy. Fly high my friend and I am blessed to have known you and blessed o have worked with you. You will be dearly missed ❤️🙏
She was so kind and empathic when she cared for Kim in her final days. Prayers and condolences to her family. RIP Penny, you’ll be missed by many!
Rest in peace, Penny. Such an amazing person to work with and always smiling. My sympathies to all of her family and friends.
Sympathy for all the family
Penny was such a kind loving soul that will be greatly missed by many! Thank you so much for taking the time to hang out with mom before she passed. May you take care of yourself now and rest in peace!
My deepest sympathies to all her friends and her family 💔
Always enjoyed her at the clinic.
So very sad. She was such a sweet, kind person filled with so much energy and loved helping everyone. She will be missed deeply. Our deepest sympathy.
Our sincere sympathies to Jason and families.
She was a lovely person. Rest in peace, Penny.
Gone too soon. May she rest in peace. Quit the gal
Sorry for your loss she will be missed
Miss you so much already Sis!! Fly high. Look over all of us down here. See you when I get there!! I Love you!!
My deepest sympathy to the family. May you rest in peace Penny. Hugs and prayers
HUGS AND LOVE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AMEN
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Our deepest sympathy to Penny’s family, friends and loved ones 🙏
Our deepest sympathy to the family! Penny will be missed by so many, she always had that contagious smile and so pleasant to be around!🙏🏻💞❤️
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family.
Penny was a Wonderful person and she will sadly be missed by many
My sympathy to Penny’s family, and especially to her son, Danny, who was a student at St. Joe’s. I always enjoyed our conversations together and she always had a smile to share. Penny was truly a kind and giving person. May she rest in peace and may her family find comfort in the days ahead.
Sorry do or your loss!!! She was the greatest when my mother was in the hospital and when she was on hospice!!
We are so sorry for your loss. Penny was a great hospice nurse!💔
Prayers to the family
Prayers for her family and friends.
My condolences to the family. Rest easy Penny.
Our deepest sympathy to Penny’s family & friends !! She was very special to many ! 🙏❤️
Our sympathy to the family!!
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family. Such a nice lady
So absolutely shocked, and saddened to see this………our deepest sympathy to the family……Penny was an absolute Godsend for Dad………just can’t believe it.
So sorry for your loss. Prayers for Jason and Danny and all her extended family’s. Fly high Penny.
So sorry to see you go.
Deepest sympathy for the family!😔
One of the best humans that I’ve ever known!
Penny was one of a kind! She will missed by many people. Rest in peace!
We are so very sorry for your loss… Penny was a long time customer of mine at Tom’s Family Pharmacy…. she was an amazing Lady!!!! She always had a beautiful smile and a friendly thing to say no matter what. I always enjoyed talking with her…. fly high and spread those angels wings 🪽 Penny, you have definitely earned them!!!! You will be missed🥰😇💔🩷
Deepest sympathy to the family Penny was a awesome lady she will be missed
Rest easy Penny! Deepest sympathies to her family!!
Heartfelt sympathy and prayers for her family and all who knew Penny.😥🙏💔
My condolences to Penny’s family and friends. Sounds like she made a huge, positive impression on this world, and will be sorely missed. Rest in Peace.
Deepest Sympathy & prayers for the family! She was the best!
Penny, you left a big imprint on the lives of so many, showed so much love.
RIP and continue to enjoy your concerts. Your smile will truly be missed.
Love Mary Jane & Randy Leach
Tragic!!! So sorry!! Sympathy to all!!!
Beautiful soul gone way too soon!! Love you Pen!!
Deepest sympathies to Penny’s family and friends. God has truly gained an angel. 🙏
Our deepest sympathy to Penny’s family. She was such a great person 🙏🏼
You will be missed Penny💔💔
So sorry for your loss
Penny was such an amazing lady! She was a big ray of sunshine with a smile that lit up a room. I will miss our talks and her so much
Sending prayers for the family 🙏
Our deepest condolences to the family ♥️🙏🏼
My thoughts and prayers to Penny’s family and friends. She was one of a kind and will be deeply missed. I will miss her snapchats of all her adventures and air fryer recipes 💔
My condolences to her family and friends
Penny was one of a kind. You were an amazing person and friend, and you will be missed. Condolences to the family.
Penny, you were one of the best. Always had a smile and hug! I will miss you, along with anyone who knew you. Rest easy, my friend. See you again some day.❤️❤️🙏🙏
Penny was and always will be one of the genuine “cool cats”. Treated everyone with kindness and made them feel like they belonged. I remember chatting with her at the little arcade/ pool hall in fredericksburg after id get out of school. That was 30 some years ago.
Penny it is so obvious you were loved by so many! You were the best of the best! Our Family was so blessed God put you in our lives! Your compassion made a difference for so many people, as you helped not only your patients but also their families while on their final journey home! You helped advocate for Our Mom & for that Our Family will be forever grateful. You were also there for my Brother-In-Law! You, Penny were Our Saving Grace! Fly High & Rest in peace! May God give comfort to all those that love you & will miss you terribly, Especially Dan & Jason! Until we meet again ❤️
Sending my sincere sympathy to all of Penny’s family and friends. You are in my thoughts and prayers
Penny was so kind, caring, and capable as she was there for my husband at the care center during his end if life journey. She will be missed by many. My sympathy to her family and friends.
Penny was a former student of mine. I never saw her without a smile and positive attitude. I never realized what an impact she had made on so many people until I went through all the FB posts. What a great individual 💕 R.I. P.
Will continue to pray. Just still do not understand 🙁 Rest in Peace……..oh right we ALL know better! Tear it up Pen!! I don’t think you had any idea how many people you have touched, but you do now! Jason, Dan and ALL her family and friends stay strong .
God Bless you, Friend. Thanks for the memories!!!
Sending our deepest sympathies!! RIP Penny!!🫂🙏
Deepest sympathy to Penny’s family.
Sending our deepest sympathies!! RIP Penny!!!!
Penny was an amazing Hospice nurse to our family. She was a true gift and we will never forget her kindness. Our prayers to all her family.
Joyce Walker
Thoughts and prayers to her family
Penny was my childhood best friend. I am so blessed to have had her in my life!
My deepest sympathy to Penny’s family & friends. She will be missed by so many people. She touched a lot of people’s hearts in her short time her on earth. Fly high Penny!
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Penny was a great person and will be missed by all who knew her.
Met Penny while she was providing hospice care for my dad Ken while he was in the NH nursing home. Dad was a card right up to the end and Penny could give it right back all in good fun! So sad to hear of her passing. My condolences to you all.
Met her in grade school, St.Augustine. She was always smiling and willing to lend a hand to anyone that asked. My condolences…. 😢
Our thoughts and prayers go to Penny’s family.
My deepest condolences to Penny’s family and friends. She was a year older than me in elementary school but she made friends easily with absolutely everyone. I will never forget her positive attitude and her smile. Rest easy Penny.
Rest in peace my friend, you will be missed, until we meet again.
Thoughts and prayers to all of Penny’s family.
My deepest sympathies to penny’s family🙏🏻❤️
My deepest sympathy to Penny’s family. She will be missed!