PETERSEN, Julia M. "Jose"

PETERSEN, KUNDERT, BARLOW, BIEBER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/22/2013 at 01:10:49

Julia M. "Jose" Petersen, 93, of 2500 N. Shore Dr., Clear Lake, died Tuesday,

Aug. 1, 2006 at her home.

Memorial services will be Friday, Aug. 18, 11 a.m. at the First

Congregational Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Tom Healey officiating.

Visitation will be one hour before the service. Family suggests memorials to

Julia M. "Jose" Petersen.

Jose was born Dec. 7, 1912, in Monticello, Wis., the daughter of Edward and

Eva Kundert. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Clear Lake. Jose

graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1928. After graduation she worked

with several local businesses and the Clear Lake city water office until she

married her classmate, Peter O. "Pete" Petersen, on Aug. 10, 1935, in the

first of three homes Pete built for them.

Jose then worked with Pete as the accountant for their construction company

until they retired in 1973. When not working she loved knitting, reading, and

playing bridge in the many bridge clubs of which she was a member until her

eyesight deteriorated from macular degeneration. She was also active in

various First Congregational Church activities.

She is survived by one son, Tom, and his wife, Margaret (Meg) Jungers

Petersen of Clearwater, Fla.; two grandchildren, Hannah Jungers Petersen

Brown and her husband, Jason, of Tampa, Fla., and Thomas E. (TJ) Petersen,

Jr., of Clearwater; a half-brother, Dr. Rae Bieber and his wife, Connie, of

Clear Lake, and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Jose was preceded in death by her grandparents, William and Hannah Barlow;

her mother, Eva Bieber; her father, Edward Kundert; her husband of almost 67

years, Peter O. Petersen; her brother, Donald Kundert, and her half-brothers,

Kenneth, Garfield, and Phillip Bieber.