Surnames: PEROSHEK BLATNIK BELTER NAUERTZ MEINHOLDT PARKER EMBERSON ANDERSON SALAKAR JOHNSON TRUNKEL

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Peroshek, Frank (8 SEP 1907 - 7 OCT 2000)

Frank Joseph Peroshek, 93, Greenwood, died on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, at the Memorial Medical Center Nursing Home, Neillsville. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Missionary Baptist Church, Greenwood. The Rev. David P. Sommerfeld officiated. Burial was in the Greenwood City Cemetery. Pallbearers were family and friends.

Frank Joseph Perovsek was born on Sept. 8, 1907, in Chicago, Ill., to Frank and Mary (nee Blatnik) Perovsek. In 1908, he moved with his family to a Slovenian immigrant community called Willard. He received his education in the school built by the new settlers. He worked as a barn painter and later completed a correspondence course in electricity. In 1930, he started a local band, in which he played clarinet and saxophone. He played until 1937, when he met Arlene Meinholdt and they were married. He worked full time as an electrician and in 1941, began operating Peroshek Electric. After his wife's death, he married Elaine (nee Belter) Nauertz. The couple lived in Greenwood and he worked until 1987, at which time he sold his business to John Schneider, Greenwood, who, with Frank's son, Tony, currently operate Greenwood Electric. He continued to reside in Greenwood until entering the nursing home in November 1999. He was an avid bowler for many years in Loyal, and was known for his love of hard work, especially his work with electricity.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine Peroshek, Greenwood their son, Tony (Nichole) Peroshek, Greenwood, his daughters, Rebecca (Sam) Parker, McComb, Ill., and Paula Peroshek, Woodstock, Ill. his son, David Peroshek, Tomah his stepchildren, Terry (Lois) Emberson, Loganville, Ill., and Linda Anderson, Eau Claire seven grandchildren two great-grandchildren and three sisters, Rose Salakar, Racine, Molly Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz., and Josephine Trunkel, Willard.

He was preceded in death by his parents one sister, Mari and one stepson, Randy Nauertz, in 1968.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.