Peterson, Kenneth D. (1931-2013)

PETERSON, ANDERSON, HUSEMAN, WILLIAMS, MOVICK, NORDAHL, THRASHER, SLIZ, MORTENSON, MILLER, PETERS, JOHNSON, SPARKS, JACKSON, ASH, PITTS, JOHNSON, ATHERTON

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 6/4/2013 at 19:47:25

Kenneth D. Peterson
January 22, 1931 - May 19, 2013

Kenneth Duane Peterson died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Sunset Knoll Care and Rehab Center in Aurelia where he had resided for three years.

Kenneth was born on January 22, 1931, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Robert and Serene (Anderson) Peterson. He attended school in Minneapolis. On February 7, 1951, he joined the US Army and was honorably discharged on September 12, 1951. On December 9, 1951, he married Marjorie Huseman at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. To this union, five children were born: Robert, Kathy, Bruce, Jayne, and Sharon.

Kenneth worked for Engdahl Repair in Aurelia as a mechanic and at MHI in Cherokee before farming in Sac, Cherokee, and Buena Vista Counties. He also worked for a short time for the Benberg House Moving Company in Storm Lake, drove truck cross-country for eight years, and then worked for fifteen years at the Farmers Coop in Aurelia, retiring in 1993. He was proud that he could repair all of his own equipment when he farmed. Besides mechanical work, he also enjoyed woodworking, and he liked playing cards.

On October 24, 1987, Kenneth married Janice (Movick) Williams at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aurelia. A past Master of the Masonic Lodge AF & AM and the Order of the Eastern Star in Alta, Iowa, he also belonged to the Grashoff-McManus American Legion Post in Aurelia.

Preceding Kenneth in death were his parents; his son, Robert F. Peterson; his grandson, Ryan Peterson; his step-granddaughter, Brooke Anderson; his sister, Lorraine, and her husband, Art Nordahl; and his sister-in-law, Karen Thrasher.

Survivors include his wife, Jan Peterson, of Aurelia; his children: Kathy Sliz, of Brunson, South Carolina, Bruce, and his wife, Carla Peterson, of Alta, Jayne, and her husband, Harlan Mortenson, of Des Moines, Sharon, and her husband, Robert Miller, of Winder, Georgia; three step-children: Michelle Peters, of Fairmont, Minnesota, James Williams, of Aurelia, and Andrew, and his wife, Dawn Williams, of Plover, Iowa; thirteen grandchildren: Jordan and Jarett Sliz, Morgan, Riley and Cooper Mortenson, Leigh, and his wife, Angela Peterson, Katina Johnson, and Destiny Peterson; his step-grandchildren: Shawn and Christian Williams, Amber, and her husband, Matthew Sparks, Mary Jackson, and Larry Ash; five great-grand-children: Tyler, Emma, and Aylah Peterson, Mazy Pitts, and Savannah Johnson; and his sister-in-law, Marilyn, and her husband, Gordon Atherton, of Aurelia; as well as other relatives and friends.

Memorial services for Kenneth D. Peterson, 82, of Aurelia, were held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Aurelia with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating. Interment was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. There was no visitation. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia was in charge of arrangements.

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