Martin Joseph (Joe) PETERKA

1914 - 1974  (59 years)

• Name	Martin Joseph (Joe) PETERKA
  Birth	28 Sep 1914	St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	Find A Grave says 24 Sep
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1914-27538
  Death	23 Apr 1974	Idaho
  Burial	Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
  Notes	He received a Bachelor of Science degree from School of Forestry at the University of California-Berkeley in 1945. The commentary notes: For many years, Martin was the logging and sawmill superintendent of the White Pine Lumber Co. at Orofino, Idaho. In 1961 he became a lumber sales serviceman for the Potlatch Forests, Inc., at Lewiston, Idaho. In the 1940 census, he and his wife and two daughters lived in Township 56, Range 17, of St. Louis County. He was a clerk for a forestry project. According to FS’s United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, Martin lived in Idaho in November of ‘54. He was employed in private industry, had majored in Forestry and Range Science, was a member of the American Biological Society, and was not on active duty in the military. His obit in the April 25, 1974, edition of Lewiston Tribune: Martin Joseph Peterka, 909 Cedar Drive, was dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s hospital Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Peterka, 59, had suffered from a heart ailment. He was employed in the lumber shipping department of Potlatch Corp. Born Sept. 23, 1914, at Aurora, Minnesota, he was the son of John and Mary Peterka. He attended high school there and also Eveleth Junior College in Minnesota from 1931 to 1933. He was a student at the University of Minnesota from 1934 to 1935 and received his bachelor of science degree in forestry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1945. Peterka worked for a time for the U.S. Forest Service while a student in Minnesota and California. He was timber cruiser for the Clearwater Timber Protective Ass’n at Headquarters from 1946 to 1948. Later, he worked as a logging superintendent for the White Pine Lumber Co. at Orofino from 1948 to 1961. He then went to work for Potlatch. On May 30, 1936, he married Marie E. Goodman at Biwabik, MInnesota. She survives at the family home. Peterka was a member and past president of the Lewis-Clark Hoo Hoo Club, a forestry industry organization. Survivors include five daughters, Marjorie A. Gibson of Columbus, Ohio, Judith M. Daniels of Kennewick, Rebecca J. Beck of Orofino, Barbara L. Newbry of Ritzville, and Marie E. Whitehead of Nelson, B.C., three brothers …, five sisters …, and 14 grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted Saturday at Brower-Wann’s Chapel of the Flowers with the Rev. D. J. Riffle of St. James Catholic Church officiating.
  Person ID	I2851	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Marie Elizabeth GOODMAN,   b. 11 Jun 1917, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 6 Jun 2006, Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1936	Aitkin County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Marjorie Ann PETERKA,   b. 27 Sep 1936, Aitkin County, Minnesota d. 26 Jan 2009, Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho (Age 72 years)   2. Rebecca Jean PETERKA,   b. 19 Mar 1942, Minnesota d. 19 May 2021, Clearwater County, Idaho (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F5390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2015