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Jennie Plenge

1914-2003

Jennie E. Plenge, 88, of 615 S. Seventh St., Watertown, died Feb. 14, 2003.

Funeral services were at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery, formerly the Sacred Heart Cemetery, in Nekoosa, Wisconsin.

Jennie Plenge was born Feb. 20, 1914, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Antoni and Josephine (Wasielewski) Karbowski. She was a 1931 graduate of the Alexander High School in Nekoosa. She also attended MATC in Watertown in 1970. She was employed at the Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company in Nekoosa for 14 1/2 years. She and her husband owned and operated Dick's Friendly Tavern in Watertown and Slinger. She was also employed at the Watertown Memorial Hospital as a secretary in the Dietary Department. She was a member of St. Henry’s and had been active in the Meals on Wheels program for many years.

SURVIVORS:

Daughter Susan (Paul) Kruger of Martinsville, N.J.

Son Richard D. (Nancy) Plenge of Ellicott City, Md.

PRECEDED IN DEATH:

Parents

Husband Richard Plenge on May 5, 1963

Three sisters

Two brothers