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PETERSEN, Loren W. 1918-2005

PETERSEN, CHALUPSKY, MILLER, ZIMMERMAN, CUNNINGHAM, WOOD, SCHROCK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/28/2014 at 23:54:33

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Tuesday, August 2, 2005]

WATERLOO - Loren W. Petersen, 86, of 1711 W. Orange Road, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center of natural causes.

He was born Aug. 6, 1918, in Orange Township, son of Chris and Libby Chalupsky Petersen. He married Jean Miller on March 7, 1942, at South Waterloo Church of the Brethren. She died Dec. 5, 1986.

Mr. Petersen graduated from Orange Township High School in 1936 and later attended Iowa State Teachers College for two years. He farmed in Orange Township for 42 years, retiring in 1983. He was a member of South Waterloo Church of the Brethren; former Orange Township Assessor; past chairman and committee member for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; and former member of the Farm Bureau.

Survivors include two sons, Tim (Jan) of Oakdale, Minn., and Gary (Lisa) of Robbins; a daughter, Ann (Denny) Zimmerman of Madison, Miss.; four grandchildren, Kelly (Dave) Strei of Waconia, Minn., Molly (Clint) Rowles of Apple Valley, Minn., John (Stacey) Zimmerman of Chanhassen, Minn., and David (Karii) Zimmerman, Lithia Springs, Ga.; four great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Perry Miller of Waterloo; four sisters-in-law, Kathryn Cunningham, Alice Petersen and Margaret Petersen, all of Waterloo, and Dorothy Wood of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by four brothers: Robert, Estel, Howard and Eldo; and two sisters, Garnet Miller Grove and Opal Schrock.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at South Waterloo Church of the Brethren, preceded by burial in Orange Township Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Locke Funeral Home.

Memorials may be directed to the church or American Diabetes Association.


 

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