Russell Tobias Pete

1910 Erie, Michigan – 1996 Woodhaven, Michigan

 

 

Continuation of tree (9th child of Albert Pete/Laura Rousseau); all known surname descendants:

                9                 Russell Tobias Pete  b: 7 December 1910  Erie, Monroe, MI; d: 19 June 1996  Woodhaven, Wayne, MI

                                      +Opal Mae Cook  b: 29 September 1903  Weston, Wood, OH; m: 13 August 1929; d: 8 February 1985  Trenton, MI

                                 10        Letty Jean Pete  b: 1 April 1925  Toledo, Lucas, OH; d: 16 September 1991  Rockwood, Wayne, MI

                                                 +Donald A. Wiseman  b: Abt. 1924  Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 4 May 1946  Rockwood, Wayne, MI [Arthur/Constance Rigley]

                                 10        Daniel Albert Pete  b: 17 September 1930  Wyandotte, Wayne, MI; d: 10 November 1983  Newport, Monroe, MI

                                                 +Maureen Bergmoser  b: 13 April 1932  Newport, Monroe, MI; m: 19 May 1951  Newport, Monroe, MI [Edward/Helen Flint]; d: 27 October 2007  Monroe, Monroe, MI

 

 

Notes for Russell Tobias Pete:

Census

- 1920

 

- 1930 Washington, Lucas, Ohio:  Russell Peat 23 laborer/wire mfg. co., wife Opal 26, Lettie G. 5.

 

- 1940 Lake, Wood, OH:  Russell Pete 28 packer in elevator mill, wife Opal 36, Letty 15, Daniel 9.

 

- 1950 Rockwood, Wayne, Michigan:  Russel P. Pete 39 treater/steel, wife Opal 45, Daniel 19.

 

WWII Records:  Russell Tobias Pete, res. RFD1, Millbury Lake, OH; b. 7 Dec 1910 Erie, MI; contact Mr. Clarence Cook (915 Butler St., Toledo, OH; 5'10 1/2", 160 lbs., brown eyes & black hair, dark complexion, birth mark on left side of neck; 16 Oct 1940 Walbridge, OH.

 

Obituaries for the children:

Daniel Albert Pete:  The Monroe Evening News (Monroe, MI), Friday, 11 November 1983:  Newport - Daniel Pete, 53, of Newport died of cancer at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in his home.  He had been ill since June.  Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday in the Clark H. Ford and Son Funeral Home, Rockwood.  Services will be at 9:15 a.m. Monday in the funeral home and at 10 in St. Charles Catholic Church.  The Rev. Charles Fontana of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Carleton, will officiate and burial will be in St. Charles Cemetery.  Born Sept. 17, 1930, in Wyandotte, he was the son of Russell and Opal (Cook) Pete.  He married Maureen Bergmoser May 19, 1951, in St. Charles Church.  He had been a mail carrier with the Newport Post Office for the past 21 years.  Prior to that, he had been a Sealtest milkman for 13 years.  He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.  He was a member of the Swan Boat Club Board of Directors, Floral City Chapter 79, Disabled American Veterans, and St. Charles Dad's Club.  Surviving are his wife; his parents of Houghton Lake; two sons, Jeff of Dallas, Texas, and Marty at home; four daughters, Pam Hiteshew of Rockwood, Vicki Armstrong of Belleville, Lori McKenzie of Trenton and Toni Kayson of South Rockwood; a sister, Letty Wiseman of Rockwood, and seven grandchildren.

 

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