Obit: Perme, Mary (1881 – 1964)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Perme, Nikolai, Koprivecz, Stebley, Prebil, Kunkel, Movetz

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 05 Mar 1964

Perme, Mary #2 (15 AUG 1881 – 23 FEB 1964)

Mrs. Joseph Perme, 82, Willard (Clark Co., Wis.), died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, February 23, 1964, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where she had been admitted Saturday.

Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Hill Funeral Home, Greenwood, and at 10 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. The Rev. Wm. Nikolai officiated. Burial was in the Holy Family Catholic Cemetery.

The former Mary Koprivecz was born August 15, 1881 in Yugoslavia. She came to the United States in her early twenties and settled in Ely, Minn. Her marriage to Joseph Perme, who preceded her in death Oct. 30, 1962, took place in 1902 at Ely, Minn.

After their marriage, the couple resided in Duluth, Minn., until 1916, when they came to Willard. They operated a farm here until 15 years ago, when they retired and moved to the village of Willard.

Mrs. Perme was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edward (Mary) Stebley, San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Wm. (Molly) Prebil, Willard, and Mrs. Christine Kunkel, Milwaukee; three sons, Joseph, Sacramento, Calif., John, Willard, and Frank, Minneapolis, Minn.; a sister, Mrs. Movetz, Ely, Minn., a brother, John Koprivecz, Milwaukee; 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son.