Individual Details
Mary Ethel ROWE
(27 FEB 1922 - 27 SEP 1999)
Mary Ethel was educated in Nursing at the Lewistown Hospital and took extensive training at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.
Events
| Birth | 27 FEB 1922 | Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA | |||
| Graduation | 1939 | Yeagertown High School, Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA | |||
| Marriage | 8 MAR 1941 | Winchester, Winchester Co., VA - John Leslie PETRIE | |||
| Death | 27 SEP 1999 | Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Dauphin Co., PA |  | ||
| Burial | 1 OCT 1999 | Westminster Presbyterian Cem., Mifflintown, Juniata Co., PA | |||
| Religion | a member of the United Methodist Church - Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA |
Families
| Spouse | John Leslie PETRIE (1917 - 1987) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | John Rowe PETRIE (1943 - 1943) |
| Child | Jonathan Lee PETRIE M.D. (1947 - 2015) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Ethel Alva PETRIE (1957 - 2013) |
| Child | David Rowe PETRIE (1959 - 1998) |
| Father | David Isaiah ROWE (1896 - 1978) |
| Mother | Margaret Beaver AUMILLER (1899 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Alva Mae ROWE (1920 - 2015) |
| Sibling | David Lee ROWE (1930 - 2001) |
Notes
Death
YEAGERTOWN - Mary Ethel "Ettie" Petrie, 77, of 50 S. Mann Ave., Yeagertown, died Monday, Sept. 27, 1999, at Hershey Medical Center.
Born Feb. 27, 1922, in Yeagertown, she was a daughter of the late David I. and Margaret (Aumiller) Rowe. Her husband, John L. Petrie, died Nov. 8, 1987.
Surviving are: children, Leslie D. Petrie, Camp Hill, Jonathan L. Petrie, Potomac, Md., Mrs. Richard (Margaret) Davis, Reedsville, and Mrs. Stephen (Ethel) Zeigler, Reedsville; sister and brother, Mrs. Guy (Alva) Shirk, Bonnie Lane, Reedsville, and David L. Rowe, Ferguson Valley Road, Lewistown; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, David R. Petrie, Jan. 9, 1998, and by an infant son.
She was a 1939 graduate of Yeagertown High School and a 1942 graduate of Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing.
She was a retired registered nurse.
She was a member of Yeagertown United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher, a member of Sunday school Class 6, superintendent of the children's department and Bible school. She was also a member, past president, past treasurer and director of the Mifflin County Republican Women of Action and served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Heller-Hoenstine Woodlawn Funeral Home, 200 N. Main St., Lewistown, with the Rev. Thomas B. Morningstar officiating. Interment will be in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown.
Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Yeagertown United Methodist Church, Mann Avenue, Yeagertown, PA 17099.