Buried with Mae S
Joseph Kopetsky, 64?, who rose from a clerk during his elementary school days
in a general store at Two Creeks to merchandise manager of the main floor
departments of the huge Lauerman Bros. Co. store at Marinette, died Wednesday
morning at the Wisconsin General Hospital at Madison. He took seriously ill
three weeks ago.
Although he suffered several heart attacks in recent years, death is believed
to have resulted from an operation for removal of a spinal tumor.
Funeral services will be held at 8 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church at Marinette with a Solemn Requiem High Mass in which four of his nephews
will participate. They are the Rev. Henry Schmitt, Sherwood, celebrant; Rev. Leo
Schmitt, DePere, deacon; Rev. John Schmitt, Algoma, sub-deacon, and the Rev.
Mark Schmitt, Manitowoc, master of ceremonies. Burial will be in a Marinette
cemetery (sic).
Mr. Kopetsky was born in the Town of Two Creeks in 1889, a son of the late Joseph
and Mary Mancel Kopetsky. When he attended the district school at Two Creeks he
worked at the former Busch general store. He came to Two Rivers as a youth and
became a clerk in the grocery department of the old Two Rivers Mercantile Co.,
which was managed by the late W. A. Tomek, who earlier was Mr. Kopetsky’s school
teacher at Two Creeks.
Several years later, Mr. Kopetsky ___ ___ ___ bel’s store at Milwaukee, and a
short time later became manager of the dry goods department of a store at Petoskey,
Mich. He joined the Lauerman firm at Marinette 27 years ago.
At Marinette Mr. Kopetsky was active in civic circles and was a past president of
the Marinette Rotary Club. He was also affiliated with the Marinette Knights of
Columbus and the Holy Name Society
Surviving Mr. Kopetsky are his wife, the former Mae Schmitt of Two Rivers, whom he
married on April 28, 1930; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Otten of Sheboygan and Miss
Dorothy Kopetsky of Marion, Ind., chief librarian at the veterans administration
hospital at Marion; and two brothers, Adolph and John Kopetsky of Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 21, 1955 P.27
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(Note: Both Joseph and his wife are in this cemetery)
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The marriage of Miss Mae Schmitt, a popular young lady of this city, daughter
of Mrs. John Schmitt of West Park Street to Jos. Kopetsky of Pekosky, Mich.,
was solemnized Wednesday morning at St. Luke's. The ceremony uniting the pair
was witnessed by many friends and relatives. The groom is employed as manager
of the dry goods department in Fachman's Department Store at Pekosky where the
couple will reside after they return from an extensive wedding trip east. The
Reporter extends hearty congratulations and well wishes.
The Reporter, Thurs., Apr. 29, 1920