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Commander Emil Herbert Petri

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Commander Emil Herbert Petri Veteran

Birth
Austin, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Death
12 May 1963 (aged 75)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Site 96
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PETRI--In this city, May 12, 1963, Emil H. Petri, Commander, Retired, U. S. Navy, dearly beloved husband of the late Elsie W. Petri, devoted father of Mrs. Dessa Savage, loving grandfather of Diane, Kathleen, Phillip and Billie; a native of Austin, Texas, aged 75 years. Friends may call after 5 p. m. Tuesday (today) at Currivan's Chapel of the Sunset, Irving at 26th Ave. Graveside military services and interment will be conducted Wednesday, May 15, 1963, at 2 p. m., in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. Published in The San Francisco Examiner, Tuesday, 14 May 1963, page 47. Transcribed by Tom Brocher on 30 November 2023.

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Emil was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Justice Precinct 8, Williamson Co., Texas, in the 1900 US Census.

As a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, he was enumerated at Portsmouth, Virginia, in the 1920 US Census.

He was enumerated at St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands, in the 1930 US Census.

He and Elsie their daughter Dessa were enumerated in San Francisco in the 1940 US Census.

Emil, a widower and a lawyer, was enumerated in San Francisco in the 1950 US Census.

Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 30 November 2023.
PETRI--In this city, May 12, 1963, Emil H. Petri, Commander, Retired, U. S. Navy, dearly beloved husband of the late Elsie W. Petri, devoted father of Mrs. Dessa Savage, loving grandfather of Diane, Kathleen, Phillip and Billie; a native of Austin, Texas, aged 75 years. Friends may call after 5 p. m. Tuesday (today) at Currivan's Chapel of the Sunset, Irving at 26th Ave. Graveside military services and interment will be conducted Wednesday, May 15, 1963, at 2 p. m., in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. Published in The San Francisco Examiner, Tuesday, 14 May 1963, page 47. Transcribed by Tom Brocher on 30 November 2023.

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Emil was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Justice Precinct 8, Williamson Co., Texas, in the 1900 US Census.

As a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, he was enumerated at Portsmouth, Virginia, in the 1920 US Census.

He was enumerated at St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands, in the 1930 US Census.

He and Elsie their daughter Dessa were enumerated in San Francisco in the 1940 US Census.

Emil, a widower and a lawyer, was enumerated in San Francisco in the 1950 US Census.

Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 30 November 2023.

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  • Created by: Tom Brocher
  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88401335/emil_herbert-petri: accessed ), memorial page for Commander Emil Herbert Petri (27 Oct 1887–12 May 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88401335, citing Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA; Maintained by Tom Brocher (contributor 47674416).