Elmer Henry Peterson 1900-1985

PETERSON, DEWALL, STANGELAND

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/25/2013 at 01:00:00

Elmer Peterson
Estherville – Services for Elmer Henry Peterson, 84, will be held Saturday May 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Pastor Richard Berger officiating. Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. He died Thursday, May 23, 1985 at Holy Family Hospital.

Peterson was born Aug. 5, 1900 at Morris, Ill. and was the son of Peter and Sarah (Stangeland) Peterson. He moved to the Wallingford area in 1920 and did farm work for different farmers in the area. On Feb. 14, 1941 he was united in marriage with Emma DeWall at Estherville. He also worked for the Tobin Packing co. a short time and served as custodian at Immanuel Lutheran church for many years after moving into Estherville in 1949. He continued working for area farmers after he moved into town. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his wife Emma, Estherville and a son Allan Peterson also of Estherville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, may 25, 1985)