OBITUARIES:  Pete CROTTEAU, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI

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Obituary of Pete Crotteau in Wed., Feb. 16, 1949 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI)

Pete Crotteau Dies Suddenly
  Peter P. Crotteau, 65, well known and universally liked Rice Lake resident, died suddenly early Monday morning at the Ed Kummett home at 209 W. Marshall st. of a heart attack.
  "Pete" was found in an armchair by Mrs. Ed Kummett, at whose home he lived.  She summoned his nephew Edward Demers, who lives next door, but he was past aid.
  He was born Oct. 5, 1883 on the Crotteau homestead east of the city and had been a lifelong resident of this community.  At one time he was a member of the police department, and had been employed as a bartender in local taverns.  He was working for Carl Tate at the time of his death.
  While he was known to have had a weak heart, he had been in apparent good health and had attended a movie the night before he was stricken.
  Mr. Crotteau, who never married, is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Rosana Demers of Cloquet, Minn., and Mrs. M. J. Demers of this city, and two brothers, Arthur of Davison, Mont., and Henry of Rt. 4, Rice Lake.  Two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.  Thirty-three nephews and twenty-nine nieces survive.
  The funeral will take place Thursday morning at 9:30 at St. Joseph's church with Msgr. Peter F. Meyer officiating and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.  The body was taken this afternoon to the M. J. Demers home from the Schneider funeral home.
  Rosary services were held at the Schneider chapel Monday and Tuesday night.  The Knights of Columbus of which he was a member attended in a body Monday evening.