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EATON, Carolyn R. Petersen 1920-2011

EATON, BISHOP, LOWE, PETERSEN, WELDEN, JORGENSEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/14/2011 at 15:59:11

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 5, 2011]

CEDAR FALLS — Carolyn Ruth Petersen Eaton, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, Jan. 3, at Western Home Communities Elizabeth E. Martin Health Center.

She was born June 25, 1920, in Waterloo, daughter of James O. and Murial Bishop Lowe. She married Parker N. Petersen on March 31,1940, in Waterloo. He died Sept. 30, 1995. She married James Eaton on Dec. 12, 1998. He died July 17, 2003.

Mrs. Eaton graduated from Waterloo West High School. In 1958 she and Parker opened and managed Carolyn's Fashion Fabrics in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church.

Survived by two daughters, Sue (Jerry) Welden of Iowa Falls and Judy (George) Jorgensen of Cedar Falls; six grandchildren, Mike (Kristin) Cranston of Eugene, Ore., Jennifer (Mike) Hummel of St. Paul, Minn., Beth (Jerry) Harris and John (Gina) Jorgensen, both of Cedar Falls, Carolyn (Manuel) Pinto of Wayzata, Minn., and Jens (Jill) Jorgensen of Edina, Minn.; 11 great-grandchildren, Jack, Sam, George, Samuel, Adam, Annebeth, Julie, Jens, Jack, Elizabeth and Jacob; and a sister, Virginia Buckingham of New Braunfels, Texas.

Preceded in death by her parents, and a granddaughter, Kathy Jo Cranston McFadden.

Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nazareth Lutheran Church, with burial in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and for an hour before services Friday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to Western Home Communities or Nazareth Lutheran Church.


 

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