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- Petit, John P., Warrenville, Ill., aged 71 years, died August 30, at St. Joseph's Mercy hospital. He was born in Aurora, May 20, 1874. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, four sons, Alban and Vincent of Warrenville, Sergt. Wilbert, U.S. Medical Corps, Fort Lewis, Wash., Robert, S.M. U.S. Coast Guard, Ellis Island, N.Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Esther Doyle and Miss Leona Petit, both of Warrenville; three grandchildren, Marlene, Betty and Pat Petit; four sisters, Mrs. Katherine Jungels, Mrs. Mary Lies, Mrs. Margaret Nilles and Mrs. Josephine Fidler, all of Aurora. He was a member of the Wheaton Council, Knights of Columbus, St. Henry's branch, W.C.U., and the Holy Name Society of St. Irene's Church, Warrenville. Mr. Petit operated a grocery and meat market in Warrenville since 1915, and has served as chief of the Warrenville Fire Department since 1936. The funeral will be held at St. Irene's Church, Warrenville, Monday morning at 9:30. Rev. Aloysius Stier will officiate, with burial in Marywood Cemetery. Friends may call at the Daleiden mortuary until 10 o'clock Sunday morning and the O.J. Beidelman Funeral home, Warrenville, Sunday afternoon and evening. - -- The Aurora Beacon-News (ILLINOIS), August 31, 1945, page 19
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