Obit: Pete, Rena (1868 - 1955)

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Surnames: Pete, Arquette, Grendahl, Spencer

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 04/28/1955

Pete, Rena (6 AUG 1868 - 21 APR 1955)

Funeral services were held Monday, April 25, at 10 a.m.at Our Lady of Sorrows Church for Mrs. Rena Pete, 86, of Sheldon, who died last Thursday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Ladysmith.  Father Ed Bujalski, newly assigned Sheldon pastor, officiated.  Burial was made in Woodlawn Cemetery.  The Ritger Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Rena Arquette was born at Necedah Aug. 6, 1868.  Her marriage to Antone Pete took place at Necedah July 2, 1891.  He preceded her in death.

Mrs. Pete resided 19 years at Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) before coming to Sheldon in 1940.  She was a member of the Catholic Church and Royal Neighbors Lodge.

Surviving are two sons, William and Robert Peter, Wausau; a daughter, Mrs. Fred L. Grendahl, Sheldon; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a brother, Louis of Antigo, and a sister, Pauline Spencer of Necedah.