Obituary of Gloria Livernash (Petri)

Gloria J. Livernash, age 88, of Nekoosa, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Nekoosa Court, surrounded by her loving family.

Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids. Pastor Lucas Proeber will officiate. A time for visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Herman-Taylor Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids and on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 from 1:00 P.M. until the time of the funeral service at the church. Burial will take place at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Muskego (Tess Corners), WI on Wednesday, November 14 at 11:00 A.M. Online condolences may be expressed at www.taylorfuneralhome.net.

Gloria was born April 13, 1930 in Milwaukee, WI to Frank and Constance (Kadau) Bednarski. She was raised in Tess Corners, WI and graduated from West Milwaukee High School in 1948. She then went to work for Wisconsin Telephone Company. She married Raymond C. Petri on December 29, 1951. They enjoyed 33 years of wonderful memories, until his death in 1985. They were blessed with three children, William, Jacqueline (Jacqie), and Keith. She then married Jearl Livernash in 1999.

After spending her early years of marriage as a homemaker, she did secretarial work for Streff Specialty Advertising to help support her children’s Christian education. She also worked for Holt Electric Motor Company, from which she retired in 1985.

She was an active member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids. For many years she lovingly cut out each lamb for the Little Lambs Ministry and posted it on the board. She also helped count the weekly offerings as part of the finance team and read to the pre-school children.  Her special ministry was offering comfort to other widows.

Gloria is survived by her children: William C. (Suzanne) Petri and Keith K. (Penny Cornwell) Petri; a son-in-law, Gerald Jablonowski; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.  In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Raymond C. Petri; her second husband, Jearl Livernash; her daughter, Jacqie J. Jablonowski; and her siblings, Leo Bednarski (the late Marilyn), Sarah Berberich, Nancy Chapman, and Lillian Bednarski.

The family would like to say a special thanks to the staff at Nekoosa Court for their loving care shown to Gloria.