Obit: Pettera, Katherine (? - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Pettera, Mieller, Straka, Check, Richardson, Chase, Langreck

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/12/1967

Pettera, Katherine (? - 7 September 1967)

Word was received here of the death in Prairie du Chien September 7 of Mrs. George Pettera of Wauzeka, and a native of Neillsville. She was the former Katherine Mieller. Following her marriage in Neillsville September 21, 1909, they farmed in this vicinity.

Surviving are her husband; three sons, Matt, at home, Lawrence and Raymond of Hanover, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Emil (Dora) Straka of Wauzeka and Mrs. Clarence (Irene) Check of Eastman; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Tess) Richardson and Mrs. A. J. (Helen) Chase both of Milwaukee; 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Pettera was a cousin of Mrs. Henry Langreck of Neillsville.

Funeral services were held in Wauzeka September 11, with burial in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery there.