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Portrait of Penny Marie Witkus
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Penny Marie Witkus

October 8, 1969 – December 3, 2015
Lived 46 years
Copp Cemetery · Jim Falls, Wisconsin
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Penny Marie Witkus Poe, age 46, died peacefully on Thursday, December 3, 2015. Penny was born in Chippewa Falls, WI, on October 8, 1969. She was the daughter of Albert Witkus, Jim Falls, WI, and Cynthia Blanchard, Altoona, WI.

She graduated from Chippewa Falls High School in 1987 and later from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a degree in Business Administration.

She is survived by her children, Dante and Istana, who were the center of her world. She volunteered at their school and was an active parent volunteer with her children's swim team. She is further survived by her parents Albert Witkus, Jim Falls, WI, and Cynthia Blanchard, Altoona, WI; her sisters Wendy (Matt) Quisling, Altoona, WI; Heidi (Jay) James, Eau Claire, WI; Amy (Ryan) Moore, Chippewa Falls, WI; and her grandmother Phyllis Carrell, Cornell, WI along with several nieces and nephews. Penny enjoyed traveling and visited many places around the world, living in Japan for a number of years. Penny will be missed by many.

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1969
Born October 8
1977
Penny was 8 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1982
Penny was 13 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1989
Penny was 20 when the Berlin Wall fell
1994
Penny was 25 when "Friends" premiered
2001
Penny was 32 when Apple introduced the iPod
2015
Passed away December 3, age 46
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The Witkus name at Copp Cemetery

Albert Wayne Witkus1938 – 2023
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