Oliver Petero
1898 - 1973 (74 years)-
Name Oliver Petero Born 15 Dec 1898 Indiana 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 31 Mar 1973 Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana [1, 2, 3] Buried 2 Apr 1973 Hire Cemetery, Benton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana [1, 2, 3] Person ID I4996 Hedges Last Modified 11 Feb 2024
Father Benjamin Parker Petero, b. 26 Jul 1869, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana , d. 1 Jul 1932, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 62 years) Mother Julia Ann Otis, b. 20 Nov 1876, Kentucky , d. 23 Jan 1905, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 28 years) Family ID F2048 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Reva Mae Zellinger, b. 25 Jun 1894, Millersburg, Elkhart County, Indiana , d. 16 Sep 1939, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 45 years) Married 30 Oct 1915 Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana Children 1. Oliver George Petero, b. 11 Jun 1916, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana , d. 22 Sep 1996, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana (Age 80 years)2. Robert J. Petero, b. 5 Apr 1918, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana , d. 7 Jun 1996, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 78 years)Last Modified 19 Dec 2021 Family ID F2178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 15 Dec 1898 - Indiana 
Married - 30 Oct 1915 - Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana 
Died - 31 Mar 1973 - Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana 
Buried - 2 Apr 1973 - Hire Cemetery, Benton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Obituary
Oliver Petero, 74 a resident of Lebanon seven years, died early this morning at Witham Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since March 22. He had been in poor health for 16 years.
Mr. Petero had retired from farming about 16 years ago. He also had driven a truck for some time. He resided in Indianapolis before moving in 1966 to Lebanon where he made his home with his son, Oliver Petero Jr., of 614 East Elm Street, Lebanon, Indiana.
A native of Marion County he was born in Indianapolis December 15, 1898, the son of Benjamin and Julia "Otis" Petero. He attended schools around Syracuse, Indiana. He married in 1915 at Millersburg to Reva Mae "Zeillinger" Petero, who passed away September, 1939.
Surviving in addition to the son here are another son, Robert G. Petero of Indianapolis; a brother, Homer Petero of Route 1, Monticello; and two grandchildren. A brother and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 10AM Monday at the Russell and Hitch Funeral Home in Lebanon with Rev. Harry Williams officiating. Interment is to follow in the Cal Claser Cemetery near Ligonier, Indiana, where committal services will be held at 3PM.
Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning noon Sunday.
Contributed by Nancy Glover
[1, 3] - Death certificate and obituary give cemetery location as Cal Claser Cemetery, Ligonier, Indiana.
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