Obituary of Ceil Petasek Matzke - March 8, 1987

Green Bay Presss Gazette, March 8, 1987.


Mrs. F. Carl (Ceil) Matzke, 68...DePere, died Friday evening at a local hospital as a result of a traffic accident.  The former Ceil Petasek was born Sept 5, 1918 in the Town of Eaton to the late Frank and Bernice (Ostranga) Petasek, and was a lifelong Green Bay area resident.  Ceil and Carl Matzke were married Sept 21, 1940 at SS Cyril and Methodius Church, Town of Eaton.  She was a member of the St Mary's Christian Ladies Society and was a communion distributor at St. Mary's Catholic Church in DePere.  ...Survivors include her husband, her children and their spouses, Kenneth and Suzanne Matzke, Green Bay, Joyce and Jerome Blink, Tampa, Fl, Roger and Carol Matzke, Wrightstown, Sally and Robert Staab, Jr, Two Rivers, Marvin and Mary Matzke, Green Bay, Doris and Thomas Grall, Whitelaw, Michael and Geri Matzke, Ashwaubenon...16 grandchildren, one great grandson; her brothers and sisters and their spouses, Edin and Lenore Petasek, Alvin and Patricia Petasek, Norbert and Clara Petasek, Richard and Dolores Petasek, Robert Sr, and Carol Petasek, Frank Jr, and Rosemary Petasek, Clarence and Joyce Petasek, Elsie and Anthony Gierczak, Shirley and Sheldon Anderson, and Ethel and Thomas Helgerson, all of the Green Bay area; and nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by an infant son, Raymond, two infant sisters, Lillian and Alice.  Funeral at St. Mary Church, DePere.  Burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery.


Submitted by Pat Matzke