Jim Penny Passes Away | Thursday, April 20, 2023 | Micah Quinn | Bridge City News

Jim Penny, a huge name in the Lethbridge community has passed away at the age of 96. Penny was the past president of the Lethbridge and District Exhibition in the mid-eighties.

Penny and his wife Hazel were originally from Saskatchewan and devoted their careers to developing restaurant franchises in both Canada and the U.S. They ran Dairy Queen franchises in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Idaho and Washington State.

In 2012, the Penny family gifted the Capital Furniture Building to the University of Lethbridge. It is now known as the Dr. Foster James Penny Building in honour of their son who passed away at the age of 44 from ALS or otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Lethbridge and District Exhibition CEO Mike Warkentin said Penny helped lay the groundwork for the exhibition that we know so well today.

Penny is also credited for bringing the first Taco Time to Canada back in 1978.

Warkentin says flags at the Lethbridge and District Exhibition have been lowered to half-mast in his honour.

Aired on: Thursday, April 20, 2023

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