PETERSON, Leona I. 1926-2011

PETERSON, NOVAK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/30/2011 at 20:42:17

[Waterloo Courier, Thursday, June 16, 2011]

WATERLOO - Leona Peterson, 85, of Des Moines, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday, June 11, at Mercy Hospice, Des Moines, from cancer.

She was born March 16, 1926, in Waterloo, daughter of William and Maybelle Novak. She married Clifford Peterson in 1952, and they later divorced.

Mrs. Peterson graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1944, and completed her nursing degree at the University of Iowa in 1948. She worked as a nurse in Abilene, Texas, then Macon, Ga. Upon returning to Des Moines she was a nurse and nursing instructor at Methodist Hospital. After receiving her masters of social work from Drake University in 1972, she was appointed to head the Iowa Department on Aging. She went on to run the Department on Aging for the Trust Territories of the Pacific.

Survived by a daughter, Karen; a son, Paul; and two grandchildren.

Preceded in death by a brother; and her former husband.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Merle Hay Funeral Home, Des Moines, preceded by an hour of visitation, with private family burial in Waterloo.

Memorials may be made in her name to Habele Outer Island Education Fund, 701 Gervais St., Suite 150-244, Columbia, SC 29201

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