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From Class of 73 Website:
On the evening of April 4th I said my last goodbyes to my beloved husband of twenty years, my best friend for thirty. As many of you already know Dennis fought cancer for 10 years plus. The fight was long, hard and at many times he endured more pain than I thought it possible for any human bare, still he fought bravely and did his best to stand the test laid before him. He will be deeply missed. Thanks to all of you whom have offered such loving condolences.
They are much appreciated. Carrie
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Richard Green
Robert Vance
OPEN ARMS-LINCOLN MINISTRY - REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY & BEYOND
~~A Special Note From Pastor Bob~~
In Memory Of Dennis Petri~~Dec. 12, 1954 - April 4, 2016
In My 61+ Years Of Life I've Met Many People~~But Some People Become Life Long Good Friends~~Whether We Move Hundreds Of Miles Away Or Live Down The Road~~My Good Friend Dennis Petri Was One Of Those Kind Of Friends~~We Graduated From High School From Lincoln Northeast In 1973~~But I Really Didn't Get To Know Dennis As A Friend Till 1975~~We Got To Know Each Other Playing Basketball~~I Remember The Day We Met~~Bubba (Bruce Maske) & I Went To Play Basketball At The Gym At East Campus Of The University Of Nebraska~~This Was The Beginning Of A Part Of Life I Call The Trailer Days!!~~I Could Tell Some Stories About Me & Dennis From Those Days~~But I Won't!!~~I Could Tell Stories Of When Dennis Lived With Mike Morrison & The Late Doug Embree~~But I Won't!!~~Don't Worry Mike~~Hahaha!!~~Then Dennis Moved To Colorado & I Went To See Him A Few Times & We Stayed In Contact~~Over The Years We Remained Friends Mostly By Phone~~But What I Really Want To Talk About Is The Last Few Years Mostly The Last One~~In The Summer Of 2013 Dennis Came To Lincoln For Our 40th Reunion~~While He Was Here I Drove Him & The Late Doug Embree Around That Weekend~~Dennis & I Reunited Our Friendship~~I Knew Of His Struggles With Cancer~~At That Time It Was In Remission~~We Had A Great Time~~Also A Blessed Time~~We Talked About God Some & About Eternal Life~~We Became Closer As Spiritual Friends~~After The Reunion We Stayed In Touch More Often~~We Helped Each Other Through The Death Of Our Friend Doug Embree In January 2015~~Then Dennis Cancer Came Back~~He Had Treatments~~But Then He Called Me To Tell Me The Cancer Had Spread To His Brain~~He Asked Me To Be His Pastor~~He Was Going To A Church~~He Had Excepted Jesus As His Savior & Was Saved By The Grace Of Jesus~~But He Felt More Comfortable Talking To Me Due To Our Friendship~~I Was Humbled & Thanked God For The Opportunity To Help My Good Friend & Brother Dennis~~We Stayed In Contacted On The Phone & Would Call Each Other~~While On The Phone Would Talk & Pray~~Yesterday I Had Technical Difficulties & Didn't Get On Line Till Afternoon~~When I Got On I Saw Mike Morrison Had Posted Something On Our Class Page~~It Was About Dennis Passing Away~~My Heart Was Deeply Saddened~~But I Knew Dennis's Pain Was Gone & Dennis Was Now With His Savior Jesus~~I Want To Thank The Lord For The Times & Memories I Have Had Over The Years With Dennis~~But Most Of All For Using Me To Talk To Dennis These Last Months & The Prayers We Prayed To You, Lord~~Dennis I'll Miss You But When The Lord Calls Me Home~~I Will See You Again~~Love You Dennis!!
David Ware
Dennis was a good friend all through High School played many rounds of golf and just hanging out. My thoughts ane prayers are with you and your family.
Terry W. Kotschwar
I took pictures of him at the Northeast tour. Little did I know it would be the last ones I would take of him. He will be missed.
David Dlouhy
I'm 7 years late but want to share some memories of Dennis..
I knew Dennis through Jr. High and Northeast. In Jr High we shared a beer can collection that we would move back and forth between each others house. I still have 2 boxes of those cans in my basement.
Golf - Dennis got me into golf around grade 10 when he sold me a mixed set of clubs. He had a job downtown in the summer that started at 11:00am so we had to be on the course at daybreak so he could be downtown by 11:00. I would spend the night at his place and we would often be on the course while the sprinklers were still going. Would get soaked for 2-3 holes.
Basketball - His nickname was "Pistol Petri" given to him by "Bubba" He had an 7-8' goal in his garage. That was incredible fun in the winter with snow on the ground to play basketball on an 8' indoor basket.
After graduation we both left Lincoln in different directions and didn't see each other except for a couple times.
Greatly saddened to read of his passing 7 years ago.