John F. Peta, Jr. 1916-1985

PETA, PATTEN, BLAZEK, WEIR, BUZAY, DORNBUSCH, NELSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 2/3/2013 at 00:02:49

John Peta
Estherville – Services for John Peta, 68, will be held Monday at 2 .m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul Weigman officiating. Interment will be in the East Side Cemetery with military graveside services by American Legion Post 91 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3388 of Estherville. He died Feb. 14, 1985 at his home.

Friends may call at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Peta was born March 15, 1916 near Alexandria, S.D., the son of John Peta Sr. and Anna Blazek Peta. He received his education in Steckel School, Letcher, S.D. and Mitchell, S.D. On Sept. 20, 1940 he was united in marriage with Zelma Patten at Storm Lake. They farmed in South Dakota and Minnesota after their marriage, before moving to Spirit Lake where they farmed for eight years. The couple moved to Estherville in 1960 where he worked for Estherville Ready Mix until 1963 when he was forced to retire after being injured in an accident at the plant. Peta was a veteran of World War Two where he served with the United States Army in Europe, and he was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Survivors include his wife, Zelma, Estherville; five sons: Clifford, Lonnie, Roger and Jon Peta, Estherville and Galen Peta, Kiester, Minn.; one daughter Mrs. Jeff (Deb) Weir, Estherville; thirteen grandchildren; two brothers Tony Peta, Mitchell, and Milton Peta, Huntington Park, Calif.; three sisters: Mrs. Henry (Mary) Buzay, Letcher, Mrs. Don (Mildred) Dornbusch, Howard, S.D. and Mrs. Clifford (Irene) Nelson, Rapid City, S.D.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, parents and one brother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 15, 1985)