Obit: Petkovsek, Arthur #3 (1932 - 2011)

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Surnames: Petkovsek, Anderson, Aumann, Bentzler

----Source: The Loyal TRG ( Loyal, Clark County, Wi. 02 Nov 2011)

Petkovsek, Arthur (27 APRIL 1932-29 OCT 2011)

Arthur W. Petkovsek, 79, Greenwood, Passed away on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at the Clark County Health Care Center, Owen. He is now at peace with freedom to move and no longer constrained by polio. Visitation will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenwood, on Friday, Nov. 4, from 9’30 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 11 a.m. Rev. Joseph Follmar will officiate. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Pall bearers will be his nieces and nephews, Shelby Shillar, Jill Wrensch, Tammy Niles, Joe Aumann, Glenn Aumann, Brian Petkovsek and Greg Petkovsek.

Arthur William Petkovsek was born on April 27, 1932, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Tony and Dorothy (nee Anderson) Petkovsek. He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1950. He married Jeannette (Aumann) Bentzler on May 14, 1977.They lived in Greenwood until moving to Owen in January 2009. Although he became infected with polio when he was five years old, he never let that keep him from working daily at his shop rewinding motors or cutting meat. In 2003, he was honored as the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce’s citizen of the year. Later that year, he closed his business for health reasons. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and driving through the country. His trips to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Canada for hunting, fishing, and visiting family were highlights of his year. Thanks to his brother, Bob, who accompanied him on handicapped hunts, Art harvested his last deer in 2010. He is now free from braces and wheelchairs.

Survivors include three step-children, Patti (Jerry) Sowls, New London, Carol (John) Trunkel, Willard, and Harry (Lori) Bentzler, Silt, Colo.; four grandchildren Rebecca (Christopher) Durham, Chippewa Falls, Talysis Justman, Cross Plains, Jamii (Hope) Bentzler, Silt, Colo., and Ross Bettzler, Silt, Colo.; five great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Zachary and Joshua Durham, Chippewa Falls, Tyler Justman, Cross Plains, and Riley Bentzler, Silt, Colo.; four brothers Tony (Pat) Petkovsek, Lake Elsinmore, Calif., Jim (Janet) Petkovsek, Greenwood, Bill (Yvonne) Petkovsek, Greenwood, and Robert (Barb) Petkovsek, Neillsville; three sisters, Maryann (Joe) Wayer, Pat (Marvin) Whitney, and Dolores (Bill) Lee, all of Waukegan, Ill.; five sisters-in-law, Alice (Eddie) Petkovsek, Marshfield, Rosie Aumann, Butler, Clara Ampe, Loyal, Caroline (Ray) Miller, Loyal, and Doreen (Pat) Mrotek, Cadott; and three brothers-in-law, Clarence (Doris) Aumann, Spencer, Irban (Leona) Aumann, Marshfield, and Henry (Lois) Aumann, Loyal.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jeanette; one brother, Edward; and a brother-in-law, Joe Wayer.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, is assisting the family with arrangements.