Obituary
Ernest Petke was born November 9, 1916 to Heinrich Theodore Petke and Augustina (Marshal) Petke. Henry and Augustina were immigrants from German Poland (probably Pomerania) who had come to the U.S. in 1905. They settled in Chicago where Ernie's father was involved in a milk distribution business. Ernie's two older brothers Alexander and Albert were born in Chicago, but by 1916 the family had moved to the farm north of Withee at the end of …
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