Mary C. Hanson Peterson 1886-1977

PETERSON, HANSON, DEAL

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/15/2013 at 23:52:40

Mrs. Asher Peterson
Wallingford – Services for Mrs. Asher (Mary C.) Peterson, 90, Wallingford, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wallingford Lutheran Church with the Rev. Wesley Brodin officiating. Interment will be in the Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery.

Mrs. Peterson died Monday [July 18, 1977] evening at Holy Family Hospital, Estherville. She had been a resident of the Estherville Good Samaritan Center since 1971.

Friends may call at the Fuhrman Funeral Home, Estherville, until 1 p.m. Thursday, when the body will be taken to the church.

She was born Sept. 5, 1886, in rural Wallingford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hanson. She grew up in the Wallingford area and was married to Asher Peterson Sept. 11, 1918, at Gruver. The couple farmed in the Wallingford area until 1945, when they moved into Wallingford. The late Mr. Peterson also managed an elevator in Wallingford.

Mrs. Peterson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William (Doris C.) Deal, Alta; one son, Dean R. Peterson, Sanborn; eight grandchildren; and five great grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, eight brothers and one granddaughter. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 20, 1977)