Refugia Petrick

Refugia “Katie” Petrick passed away November 3, 2009 in St. Johns, Michigan at the age of 89. Born in Darwin, Texas on August 3, 1920, she was the daughter of Gregorio and Hilaria (Vega) Medina. Katie was a homemaker and retired, a housekeeper, from Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Surviving Katie are her two daughters, Mary Ann (Joe) Villarreal and Patricia Cram; two sons, Daniel (Julia) Petrick and Gregory (Germaine) Petrick all from St. Johns. Also surviving her are her grandchildren, Kevin (Tillie) and Darrin Villarreal, Angela Garza, Clarissa Cram, Autumn and Adyn Petrick, Peter Daniel Petrick and Tawnie (Michael) Paullus; great grandchildren, Anthony Garza, Dominique Villarreal, Ahdya Paullus, Anya Paullus and Michael Paullus Jr.. Katie also has four sisters, Julia Laycock, San Juanita Smith, Otilila Beebee and Maria Elena Villarreal still living. Katie was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Pauline Diaz, Hilaria Medina and Dionicia Rositas and her two brothers, Natividad Medina Sr. and Miguel Medina.

Funeral services will be held Friday, November 6, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Osgood Funeral Home with burial following at Mt. Rest Cemetery, Pastor David Hudgens will be officiating. The family will receive friends, Thursday, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m with a rosary prayed at 7 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home. Sympathy may be expressed in the form of memorials to the Hazel I. Findlay Country Manor or Clinton Memorial Hospital Foundation.
To learn more about Katie and view her Life Story film, visit her personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com/memories/53094 , where you can share a memory or photo, and sign her memory book.