Peter Herbert Mazurek Driscoll

School, and at age 14 he left to attend St. Anthony's Junior College in San Antonio, TX,

graduating in 1955. He also attended Marquette University prior to entering the Commercial

Printing Industry, the first of several careers. His citizenship was evident in community affairs,

and Pete served as the first President of the Sherman Park Community Association, as well as

other civic and church organizations. He was President and Owner of Ink, Inc. and Driscoll

Graphics, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, and was awarded many honors including the Aloysius

Senefelder Award for serving as President of the Milwaukee Litho Club in 1984. In 1988 he left

Milwaukee, and relocated in New Bern, NC, where he was instrumental in the redevelopment of

the Downtown Business District while owning and managing Captain Ratty's, a gift store with

his loft apartment above the store. Pete received a Certificate of Recognition from the New Bern

Historic Restoration Commission for his restoration of the 1886 Duffy Drugstore. He received

many awards, including Chamber of Commerce Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year, 1986;

Chair of the New Bern Chrysanthemum Festival 1993, Chair of the Downtown Business

Association, and President of the Craven County Arts Council, 1994-96. While there he met Dr.

Jo Whitten May; they married in 1996, and Pete moved to Winston-Salem, NC. While there

Peter immersed himself in the Art Community, active in several Associations and Clubs,

primarily as a Scrimshaw Artist. He studied Engraving under Prof. David Faber at Wake Forest University, and was most proud of having been chosen by Sen. Richard Burr to paint an

ornament for the White House Christmas Tree in 2008. He and Jo were active in Centenary

UMC where in 2009 Peter received a commission to create a sculpture from parts of the original

1929 church organ, which is on permanent display at the church.

In 2010 they relocated to Columbia, SC, where he continued in artistic pursuits. His more than

2,500 works in Scrimshaw and other media were purchase by collectors throughout the United

States, and in Galleries in Columbia and Charleston. He was a member of the Forest Lake

Presbyterian Church, where he was commissioned to create a sculpture in Copper of a Cross for

the Memorial Garden; he named it as an original word, "Tricrucia."

Pete was predeceased by parents Edward and Kathleen Mazurek (Denis), siblings Paul (twin),

Edward, Herbert, and Margaret. Pete is survived by his beloved wife, Jo Whitten May, PhD, and

her family, sister Mary Ann Hulbert, daughter Caroline Alberty, two sons Paul and Joseph

Mazurek, Mrs. Frances Mazurek (Baumgartner), Mrs. Laura Driscoll Snow, Six Grandchildren,

and four Great-Grandchildren.

His internment will be in St. James Cemetery, Lannon WI.