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OBITUARY
Gardner
Penny Jean (Oinonen) Starsja, 67, of Gardner and Fitchburg died
Wednesday February 10, at Heywood Hospital in Gardner.
Penny was born in Fitchburg, November 19, 1942, the daughter of John F.
and Ethel P. (Smith) Oinonen. She grew up in Fitchburg and graduated
from Fitchburg High School in 1960. She was a member of the Horizon
Christian Fellowship Church in Fitchburg.
Penny was employed with the Department of the Army at the former Fort
Devens and was a budget assistant for family housing. She retired in 1994.
Penny is survived by her husband of 18 years Wayne C. Starsja, her step-
son and his wife Daniel W. and Maria Starsja of Brockton, her step-
daughter and her husband Kimberly Ann and Michael Harlow and their
children Megan and Adam of Matoon, IL., her sisters Linda Hoque of
Roseburg, OR. and Melody Calvin and her husband David of Simpsonville,
S.C..
Penny also leaves four step-grandchildren who were adopted by Wayne
and Penny; Timothy A. Starsja , Curtis James Racine-Starsja, Vincent Lee
Starsja and Bradly Tyler Starsja all of Gardner.
Her brother John F. Oinonen predeceased her.
Funeral services for Penny were held Wednesday February 17, at 1:00 P.M.
in the Horizon Christian Fellowship Church in Fitchburg. Burial will be at a
later date in the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery in Winchendon. Bosk
Funeral Home 85 Blossom St. Fitchburg is assisting the family.