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Edith Lydia Kompus Pettera

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Birth	:	29 Oct 1911 Rawlins County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	11 Jun 2011 Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Saint Marys Cemetery, Herndon, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9160995, -100.7994003
Description	:	Edith Lydia Kompus Pettera, 99, died Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas. Edith was born Oct. 29, 1911, near Herndon, Kansas, to Joseph and Lena (Toth) Kompus. Edith attended grade school at Walsh School in Elk Township, Kansas, and graduated from high school in Herndon in 1930. On July 1, 1930 she married Joseph F. Pettera. To this union two sons were born. Edith was a farmer's wife and homemaker. In the early 1940s, she worked two years for a women's garment factory in South Bend, Indiana. In Herndon, she was a... Read More	Edith Lydia Kompus Pettera, 99, died Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas. Edith was born Oct. 29, 1911, near Herndon, Kansas, to Joseph and Lena (Toth) Kompus. Edith attended grade school at Walsh School in Elk Township, Kansas, and graduated from high school in Herndon in 1930. On July 1, 1930 she married Joseph F. Pettera. To this union two sons were born. Edith was a farmer's wife and homemaker. In the early 1940s, she worked two years for a women's garment factory in South Bend, Indiana. In Herndon, she was a member of the Christian Mothers Altar Society and the Richland Club. She cooked at the Herndon High School for 25 and a half years, and was a cancer crusader for 19 years. Edith was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Pettera; her parents; sisters, Alice, Agnes and Helen; grandsons, D.J. and Tony Pettera; and daughter-in-law, Rose Marie Pettera. Survivors include her sons, Don Pettera of Mesa, Arizona, and Les and wife, Myrna Pettera of Loveland, Colorado; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Herndon, KS.

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Edith Lydia Kompus Pettera's memorial is located at: Saint Marys Cemetery, Herndon, Rawlins County, USA.
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Edith Lydia Kompus Pettera death on 11 Jun 2011 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.9160995
Longitude: -100.7994003

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph P Kompus

(1885 - 1976)

Lena Paula Toth Kompus

(1888 - 1974)

Spouse

Joseph F Pettera

(1909 - 1967)

Siblings

Alice J Kompus Hutfles

(1912 - 2003)

Helen D Kompus Kuhns

(1917 - 1999)

Children

Donald Dean Pettera

(1930 - 2013)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Marys Cemetery
Herndon, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9160995, -100.7994003

2. Union Cemetery
Herndon, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9255981, -100.7957993

3. Evangelical Cemetery
Herndon, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9160995, -100.7577972

4. Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery
Logan Township, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8931100, -100.7397900

5. Hamper Cemetery
Ludell, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8819008, -100.9075012

6. Swedish Baptist Cemetery
Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8217010, -100.8153000

7. Traer Lutheran Cemetery
Logan Township, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8715400, -100.6839400

8. Covenant Cemetery
Herndon, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8143997, -100.8244019

9. Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8135986, -100.7782974

10. Traer Cemetery
Traer, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9296989, -100.6457977

11. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Oberlin, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8430520, -100.6772920

12. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Ludell, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9230995, -100.9625015

13. Palmer Graves
Trenton, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0436500, -100.8562500

14. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Ludell, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8610730, -100.9627840

15. Rose Hill Cemetery
Ludell, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8400290, -100.9536050

16. Cornell Cemetery
Trenton, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0031013, -100.9642029

17. Penn Family Cemetery
Oberlin, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8679700, -100.5892500

18. Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0247002, -100.6097031

19. Cedar Bluffs Cemetery
Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9883003, -100.5717010

20. Achilles Cemetery
Achilles, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7117004, -100.8328018

21. Grove Cemetery
Culbertson, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1222000, -100.8146973

22. Bassettville Cemetery
Oberlin, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7064018, -100.7213974

23. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Atwood, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8133011, -101.0569000

24. Atwood Fairview Cemetery
Atwood, Rawlins County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8063820, -101.0579090