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Elizabeth “Betty” Finerty Petratis

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Birth	:	9 Nov 1926 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	10 Nov 2018
Burial	:	Saint Joseph Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2722015, -95.8208008
Description	:	Elizabeth Finerty Petratis, age 92, of Beebeetown and long term Council Bluffs resident, passed away November 10, 2018. Betty was born November 9, 1926, at Mercy Hospital, in Council Bluffs, and grew up on a farm east of Beebeetown, Iowa. Betty attended St. Joseph's, in Neola, Iowa, and then graduated from BeeBeetown High School in 1944. Betty entered the Sisters of Mercy nursing school in Council Bluffs as a member of the Cadet Nursing Corps in 1944. She graduated in two years as a Registered Nurse and maintained a 46 year career in this field that she loved. As... Read More	Elizabeth Finerty Petratis, age 92, of Beebeetown and long term Council Bluffs resident, passed away November 10, 2018. Betty was born November 9, 1926, at Mercy Hospital, in Council Bluffs, and grew up on a farm east of Beebeetown, Iowa. Betty attended St. Joseph's, in Neola, Iowa, and then graduated from BeeBeetown High School in 1944. Betty entered the Sisters of Mercy nursing school in Council Bluffs as a member of the Cadet Nursing Corps in 1944. She graduated in two years as a Registered Nurse and maintained a 46 year career in this field that she loved. As a practicing nurse she worked at Mercy Hospital, the Cogley Clinic with Dr. William O. Griffith and Western Electric. She was a member of the St. Patricks Church and Alter & Rosary Society, Western Electric Telephone Pioneers, the Association of Occupational Nurses and the American Heart Association. Betty was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. Betty became a widow at age 37 with six young kids under the age of 13 years old. In tough times, she persevered and often said "Where there's a will, there's a way". Her unrelenting strength and love for her family kept her and children together in the Harrison St. neighborhood. Loved and admired by all who knew her, Betty Petratis will be greatly missed. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Eva and Jim Finerty; her brothers, Jimmy Finerty and John Finerty; sister, Mary Larsen, husband John Carl Petratis; daughter, Marlene Sigler; sons, Leo Petratis and Steve Petratis; granddaughter, Ashley Petratis; and grandson, Zeke Sigler. Betty's memory will be cherished by her survived family, her son, Stan Petratis, of Council Bluffs; son and daughter-in-law, David and Cindy Petratis, of Houston, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Mickey Petratis, of Council Bluffs; son-in-law, Kevin Sigler, of Wilmington, N.C.; and sister-in-law, Joanne Finerty, of Persia, Iowa; many beloved grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Visitation with the family, Saturday, 10 to 11 a.m., followed by funeral service, at 11 a.m., all at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel. Interment, in St. Joseph Cemetery, followed by a luncheon, at 12:30 p.m., at the Elk's Club, 380 McKenzie Ave. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Iowa Western Community College Foundation. Family paid for publishing in the Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil 11-13-2018 *****

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Latitude: 41.2722015
Longitude: -95.8208008

Family Members:

Parent

James John Finerty Jr.

(1893 - 1966)

Eva E. Jungferman Finerty

(1893 - 1964)

Spouse

Siblings

James Bernard Finerty

(1921 - 1925)

John Daniel Finerty

(1928 - 2009)

(unknow - unknow)

Children

Steve J. “Taters” Petratis

(1952 - 2009)

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