Obituary: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Martin PETRIE ************************************************************************ Submitted by michael petrie, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth October 20, 1883 Notes: Well-known proprietor of freight and dray line, died after a long illness. Born in Prussia, July 19, 1830 [village: Valwig, parents: Anton and Margaret Dax Petri] and came to Calumet Twp in 1847, and resided there ever since. (Personal characteristics then described). Funeral Oct. 21 , 1883 at 9:00 a.m. conducted by the German Lodge of the Odd Fellows. Funeral description "Daily Commonwealth" Oct. 22, 1883, Funeral at the Arndt St. residence, L. Goldstucker officiating. Burial in Rienzi cemetery, Charles Lucke, officiating. Pallbearers: Franz Lauenstein, George Zeitz, Phillip Erhar, Joseph Wolf and Henry Bloedel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/fonddulac/obits/p/petrie103gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb