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IN MEMORIAM: Joseph S. Penksa, 72;

Hartwick Graduate; Wall Street Trader

ONEONTA – Joseph S. Penksa, 72, a retired Wall Street trader, passed away on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 at the Chestnut Park Nursing Home.

Joseph was born on March 7, 1943 in Yonkers, the son of the late Joseph S. and Frances (Dedek) Penksa.

Joseph was a graduate of Worcester Central School and he earned his bachelor’s from Hartwick College and master’s from New York University. He was an investment trader for various financial and investment firms on Wall Street in NYC.  His hobbies were stock market trading and investments.

There will be no services or calling hours and he will be inurned in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester.

The family gratefully declines flowers and requests those who wish to remember Joseph  with a memorial gift consider the Hartwick College Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 4020 Oneonta, New York 13820.

Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting our website: www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home of Oneonta.

 

 

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