Mrs. Mae A. Penn, 82, of Rockaway Beach, New York, formerly of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York.

Mae was born December 14, 1927 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to the late Norman and Nicholena (nee – Moorthe) Murphy. A retired Senior Manager for Chase Manhattan in their U.S. Virgin Islands St. Thomas office, Mae moved to Rockaway Beach from her Punta Gorda home in January of 2010 and is a former member of the Port Charlotte United Methodist Church in Port Charlotte, Florida. Mae will be greatly missed by her many friends and family.

She is survived by her children, daughter, Linda Lowe of Rockaway Beach, NY, and son, Albert Cummings of Hollywood, FL; brothers, Cyril Murphy of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and Douglas Nesbitt; one sister, Hyacynth Nesbitt; five grandchildren, Charles Hines, Leron, Shani, Bron and Kamil Lowe; four great grandchildren, Zen, Zuri and Amethyst Hines, and Zaria Lowe; and a niece and nephew, Eleanor and Ronald Murphy. Mae was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 26 years, Milton McLagan Penn in July of 2001.