In Memoriam — Joseph A. Petry — Dec. 10, 1962 – Oct. 4, 2025

We are saddened to report the passing of Joseph A. Petry on October 4, 2025 at his residence in Philadelphia, PA.  He was just 62 years of age. Unfortunately there was little else posted about the cause of his death or about his life.

We can tell you that Joseph attended a number of Rendezvous and Carlisle Citroën meets. At Carlisle in 2003, Joseph won Best of Show with his Red 1980 H-Van “Sapeurs Pompiers”. He graced the cover of the Citroënthusiast 2003 – Vol. 2 magazine with it:

It was imported just before Carlisle 2003 from St. Remy-sur-Orne, France. Joseph, Roland Sotello, Philippe Des Jardins, and Ian Mellanby went to France to buy some Citroëns to import. Soon after loading the newly purchased Citroëns on the ship in La Havre, they saw an advertisement for the H-Van, located about an hour away. They traveled to see it and Joe really liked it. The only problem was they were returning the next day to the States. Joseph bought it anyway. Although there was a tremendous amount of hassle and red tape, they arranged for the H-Van to be towed to the same shipping company and orchestrated some of the paperwork back in the States. Eventually, everything fell into place and the H-van began turning heads in Philadelphia.

Joseph and his friends used the H-Van as a camper at Carlisle. It was thought at the time that Joseph might end up selling crepes out of the H-Van at Carlisle the following year as he was thinking of making a career change

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joseph, please visit the Philadelphia Cremation Society’s flower store.