Carl Emil Petersen

PETERSEN

Posted By: Marthann (email)
Date: 11/11/2006 at 11:28:15

Carl Emil Petersen August 1, 1919 - October 29, 2006
Denison Bulletin/Review

Denison IA 51442

11/10/2006

Carl Emil Petersen was born August 1, 1919, the son of Amos Ludwig and Bertha Zage Petersen. He died Sunday, October 29, 2006 at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa at the age of eighty-seven.

Carl was born and raised on a farm near Denison, Iowa. He was baptized in Christ, September 28, 1919 at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison and later confirmed there on March 25, 1934. He received his education in a rural school near his home and Zion Lutheran School. At age twenty-two, Carl entered the United States Army on August 19, 1941, serving as a driver with the 803rd Field Artillery, stationed in the Philippines. He received his honorable discharge on January 16, 1946, having been decorated with the American Defense Service Ribbon and Good Conduct Medal. He returned to Crawford County and began working for various farmers.

On February 16, 1947, Carl was united in marriage to Gladys Weller at Zion Lutheran Parsonage in Denison. The couple made their home on the family acreage on the west end of Westside, where Carl worked for his uncle for one year before moving to a farm near Guthrie Center, later moving to the Babbe family farm near Deloit. In 1961 they moved to a farm near Schleswig, where they farmed until retiring in 1986 and moving to Schleswig.

Carl was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig and a sixty year member of the Schleswig American Legion and V.F.W., where he was a member of the Color Guard and carried the American Flag. His life was devoted to farming and raising his family. In his leisure time, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, the great outdoors and woodworking.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Jurgen, John, Edward and Lorenz Petersen and two sisters, Minnie Babbe and Adeline Jaacks. Survivors include his wife, Gladys of Schleswig; six children, twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Carlene Huerta and her husband, Larry of Fox River Grove, Illinois; Carole Wynn and her husband, Vernon of Salix and their children, Andy Spreng and his wife, Lilli and their children, Chelsea and Jacob of Sergeant Bluff; Carm Spreng of Des Moines; Julie Malm and her husband, Scott and their daughter, Sara of Moville; and Kelli Wynn of Salix; Jean Stuckey and her husband, Ed of Fort Payne, Alabama, and their children, Megan Snyder and her husband, James of St. Marys, Georgia; Jeff Stuckey of Fort Payne, Alabama; Wayne Petersen of Livermore and his son, Derrick Petersen of Livermore; Willis Petersen of Schleswig and his children, Melanie Hargens and her husband, Mike of Schleswig; Matthew Petersen of Mapleton and Mindi Ohlmeier and her husband, Shawn and their son, Tyler of Mapleton; and Wesley Petersen and his wife, Lisa of Lawton and their children, Bradley Petersen and Lynne Petersen of Lawton; one sister-in-law, Elnora Petersen of Schleswig; also several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 2, 2006 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa. Reverend Merle Mahnken officiated the service and grave side rites held at the Morgan Cemetery in Schleswig. Marlene Hight provided the organ accompaniment for the congregational hymns, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me," and "Lift High the Cross." V.F.W. Post 3930 and American Legion Post 645 of Schleswig acted as pallbearers and provided military honors. The family invited everyone to join them at the church for lunch which was served by the Ladies Aid. The Huebner Family Funeral Home in Denison was in charge of the arrangements.