Josephine Rose Petrila

Mass of Christian burial for Josephine Rose Petrila, 87, Ware, Mass., will be Saturday at St. Augustine Church in Wheelwright, Mass. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Barre, Mass.

Mrs. Petrila died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at her daughter’s home in Lawrence.

She was born Jan. 4, 1916, in East Vandergrift, Pa., the daughter of William and Rose (Wojslute) Sedujkis.

She was an administrative assistant for a doctor’s office in Ware. She was a member of the Catholic Church in Wheelwright. She was active in the Senior Center in Ware.

She married Bruno S. Petrila. He died July 28, 1992.

Survivors include two daughters, Frances R. Johnson, Lawrence, and Phyllis E. Smith, Whitman, Mass.; three sisters, Frances Dena, Emily Ringlieb, and Constance Waters, all of New Jersey; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

Two daughters, Shirley A. Zuppio and Jacqueline M. Holden, died earlier.

The family suggests memorials to the Senior Center in Ware, sent in care of Warren McElwain Mortuary.