Continuation of tree (2nd child of Alfred Joseph Pete/Edna A. Baumia); all known surname descendants:
9 Melvin Joseph Pete b: 14 September 1917 LaSalle, Monroe, MI; d: 4 August 1999 Kingman, Mohave, AZ
+Dorothy Blanch Lajiness b: 8 December 1920; m: 14 September 1940 Erie, Monroe, MI [Thomas/Roseann Grodi]; d: 3 December 1984 Monroe, MI
10 Carol Ann Pete b: Abt. 1942 Michigan; d: Aft. August 1999 Toledo, Lucas, OH
+--- Blanke
*2nd Husband of Carol Ann Pete:
+--- Dantzer
10 Richard J. Pete b: 10 December 1943 Monroe, Monroe, MI; d: 23 April 1999 Monroe, MI
+Linda Maynard
*2nd Wife of Melvin Joseph Pete:
+Nancy Alice Moore b: 23 September 1931 West Virginia; m: 2 February 1970 Lucas Co., OH [Cecil/Odeste Whamsley]; d: 3 November 2010 Monroe, MI
Notes for Melvin Joseph Pete:
Census
- 1940 LaSalle, Monroe, MI: Widow Edna Peete 40 servant/housework, Melvin 20 laborer/railroad, Earl 17 laborer/paper mill, Hazel 14.
- 1950 LaSalle, Monroe, MI: Melvin Pete 32 (mar.) mechanic/trucking firm, Carol Ann 8, Richard J. 6; widowed housekeeper Nancy A. Moore 19, Michael H. Moore 2.
WWII Records: Melvin Joseph Pete, res. No. 1, Lasalle, MI; b. 14 Sep 1917 Monroe, MI; wife Mrs. Dorothy Blanch Pete; 5'5", 140 lbs., hazel eyes & brown hair, dark complexion, scar across face and left foot; Lasalle, MI.
Obituary: Kingman Daily Miner (Kingman, AZ), Friday, 6 August 1999: Melvin Joseph Pete died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1999 in Kingman. He was 81. Mr. Pete was born on Sept. 14, 1917 in Monroe, Mich. He worked in dispatch for Great Lakes Trucking Company. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II; was a member of VFW Post No. 995 in Bitely, Mich.; and was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church in Kingman. Mr. Pete is survived by: his wife, Nancy A. Pete of Kingman; one daughter, Carol Ann Dantzer of Toledo, Ohio; two sisters, Jeanette Russeu of La Salle, Mich., and Hazel Yenor of Monroe, Mich.; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by: one son, Richard Joseph Pete. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 6, 1999 at St. Johns United Methodist Church. Cremation will be handled by Sutton Crematory. Memorial donations may be made to St. Johns United Methodist Church, Kingman, Ariz.
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