Eileen
M. Petric (nee Schmidt) of Warwick, passed away on November 28, 2011 at St.
Anthony’s Hospital, Warwick. She was 89
years old.
Born
on May 19, 1922 in New York, NY, she was the daughter of the late Christopher
George and Mary (Courtney) Schmidt.
She
was married to the late Miro Petric (1999).
A
homemaker, she was a member of St. Stanislaus Church, Pine Island, and a member of Pine Island Seniors
The
family would like to thank the ICU staff at St. Anthony’s as well as Dr. Shah
and her special neighbors, the Paris family.
She
is survived by her daughters: Marguerite
Petric or Warwick, Theresa Cappon and her husband Robert of Warwick, Christine Gerbehy and her husband Steven of
Warwick; her son, Steven Petric and his
wife Ellen of Newfoundland, NJ; her beloved grandchildren (and her pride and
joy) Rachel and Emily Gerbehy; a
sister, Marguerite Hoppke of Oro Valley,
AZ; a brother-in-law, Rado Petric of Mahwah, NJ.
Visitation
will be on Friday, December 2, 2011, from 5:00pm – 9:00 pm at Lazear-Smith
& Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland
Ave., Warwick. Funeral Mass will
be at 12:00 pm on Saturday at St. Stanislaus Church, Pine Island, followed by
interment in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
Memorial
donations may be sent to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern NY Chapter, 2 Gannett Drive., Suite
LL04, White Plains, NY 10604.