Mrs. Matt Petri, 74, a lifelong resident of the Town of Two Rivers, died at
9:45 a.m. Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Eis of Rt. 2, Two
Rivers, where she resided since taking seriously ill about 10 days ago.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Deja & Martin Funeral
Chapel, Two Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers,
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.V. Hugo officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery,
Two Rivers.
Mrs. Petri, nee Clara Kornely, was born in the Town of Kossuth on July 2, 1880,
a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Hessel Kornely. She attended the Meadow-
brook district school in the township and also St. Ann Parochial School at
Francis Creek.
On Feb. 21, 1905, she was married to Matt Petri at Sacred Heart Church at
Manitowoc, the couple moving to a farm in the Town of Two Rivers, where she
resided since. Her husband died ????? ???.
Surviving Mrs. Petri are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Eis and Mrs. Alvin Bohne
of Two Rivers; two sons, Lester of the Two Rivers Dairy Co., Two Rivers, and
Elmer of Rt. 2, Two Rivers; two sisters, Mrs. Ervin Wachtel of Rt. 2, Two
Rivers, and Mrs. William Buehler of Manitowoc; a brother, Peter Kornely of
Appleton, and 20 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Mrs. Petri was a member of the Altar Society of St. Luke Church.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday where the Rosary will
be recited at 7:45 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 11, 1955 P.13.
Mrs. Matt Petri, 74, a lifelong resident of the Town of Two Rivers, died at
9:45 a.m. Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Eis of Rt. 2, Two
Rivers, where she resided since taking seriously ill about 10 days ago.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Deja & Martin Funeral
Chapel, Two Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers,
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.V. Hugo officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery,
Two Rivers.
Mrs. Petri, nee Clara Kornely, was born in the Town of Kossuth on July 2, 1880,
a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Hessel Kornely. She attended the Meadow-
brook district school in the township and also St. Ann Parochial School at
Francis Creek.
On Feb. 21, 1905, she was married to Matt Petri at Sacred Heart Church at
Manitowoc, the couple moving to a farm in the Town of Two Rivers, where she
resided since. Her husband died ????? ???.
Surviving Mrs. Petri are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Eis and Mrs. Alvin Bohne
of Two Rivers; two sons, Lester of the Two Rivers Dairy Co., Two Rivers, and
Elmer of Rt. 2, Two Rivers; two sisters, Mrs. Ervin Wachtel of Rt. 2, Two
Rivers, and Mrs. William Buehler of Manitowoc; a brother, Peter Kornely of
Appleton, and 20 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Mrs. Petri was a member of the Altar Society of St. Luke Church.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday where the Rosary will
be recited at 7:45 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 11, 1955 P.13.
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