Bio: Perme, Joe & Mary

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Perme, Prebil, Kunkel

----Source: Family Scrapbook

Joe Perme: Born in the area of Drenik, 1873. Died in Willard, 1962. Mary Koprivetz: Born in Pjavca Gorica, 1881. He died in 1964.

Father came to America and settled in Ely, Minnesota where he worked in the Pioneer mine. Joe and Mary were married in Ely.

Children born there were Mary, presently in Califor¬nia, Joe and John of Willard. Frank, known as Butch, liv¬ed in Minneapolis and died in 1976. From Ely, Minnesota they moved to Chisholm, Minnesota where their daughter, Molly (Prebil) was born. Next town was Duluth, Minnesota. A son, Louis who was born there, died in childhood.

By the grace of Allah, next and final stop was Willard where they bought a tract of land known as the Gorman area. Land was all brush, timber and endless amount of stone. Kristine (Kunkel), their last child, was born here in 1918. The farm is presently owned by son John Perme and wife Ann.

By: Molly Perme Prebil