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Robert A Orvis

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Robert A Orvis Veteran

Birth
North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Dec 1996 (aged 72)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Robert A. Orvis, age 72, of 222 Theis St., Port Washington, died Sunday,
December 1, 1996, at St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, where he had been a patient.
Funeral Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening (TONIGHT),
December 3, 1996 at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 1800 N. Wisconsin
Street, Port Washington. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December
4, 1996, at Pioneer Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
He was born January 5, 1925, in North Chicago, Ill., son of the late
Anthony and Antoinette Marincic Orvis. On July 30, 1946, he married the former Betsy Engle in Two Rivers. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and retired in 1985 from Garden Way-Bolens in Port Washington where he was plant manager. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Port Washington, the Port Washington Senior Center,was an active downhill skier and enjoyed horseback riding, reading, card playing and playing the piano.
Survivors include his wife, Betsy, Port Washington; two daughters,
Sharon Wernecke, Madison, Pamela (Peter) Rathsack, Waunakee; one son, Robert E. (Lisa) Orvis, Glendale; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Richard (Margaret) of Harshaw, Wis.;
one sister, Mary (Paul) Streubel, Manitowoc; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur H. Orvis, Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the Eernisse Funeral Home, 1600 W. Grand Ave., Port Washington, from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday evening (TONIGHT).
A memorial fund has been established in his name for the American Heart Association.
Herald Times Reporter, December 3, 1996 P. A2
Robert A. Orvis, age 72, of 222 Theis St., Port Washington, died Sunday,
December 1, 1996, at St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, where he had been a patient.
Funeral Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening (TONIGHT),
December 3, 1996 at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 1800 N. Wisconsin
Street, Port Washington. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December
4, 1996, at Pioneer Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
He was born January 5, 1925, in North Chicago, Ill., son of the late
Anthony and Antoinette Marincic Orvis. On July 30, 1946, he married the former Betsy Engle in Two Rivers. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and retired in 1985 from Garden Way-Bolens in Port Washington where he was plant manager. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Port Washington, the Port Washington Senior Center,was an active downhill skier and enjoyed horseback riding, reading, card playing and playing the piano.
Survivors include his wife, Betsy, Port Washington; two daughters,
Sharon Wernecke, Madison, Pamela (Peter) Rathsack, Waunakee; one son, Robert E. (Lisa) Orvis, Glendale; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Richard (Margaret) of Harshaw, Wis.;
one sister, Mary (Paul) Streubel, Manitowoc; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur H. Orvis, Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the Eernisse Funeral Home, 1600 W. Grand Ave., Port Washington, from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday evening (TONIGHT).
A memorial fund has been established in his name for the American Heart Association.
Herald Times Reporter, December 3, 1996 P. A2


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