Obituaries and Memories
Captain Robert (Bob) Petrovski
May 30, 1927
June 1, 1987
Obituary
Captain Robert F. Petrovski -Obituary
ORLANDO, Fla. – Capt. R.F. Petrovski, 60, formerly of North Kingsville, died Monday following a short illness. He was born on May 30, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wis. He was a Great Lakes captain for 13 years, retiring from USX in Oct. 1984 from the Philip R. Clarke.
Survivors include his wife, Sue (Gurto); his mother, Marie of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers, Rudolph of Denver, Colo., and Carl of Vista, Calif.; and one sister, Margaret Euler of Buffalo, N.Y.
He was preceded in death by his father, Rudolph.
Capt. Petrovski will be cremated in Orlando, Fla., with his ashes being scattered on Lake Michigan.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Envelopes are available at the Raisian Funeral Home, 581 Harbor St., Conneaut.
Comment (1)
From Sharen
SEA FEVER
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
and a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
– JOHN MASFIELD