Peterson, Mabel (Morgart) 1901-1967

PETERSON, MORGART, WILLHOITE, FLEENER

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Date: 5/10/2005 at 20:47:37

FORMER GRINNELLIAN, MRS. E. PETERSON, SERVICES IN AMES

Mabel Peterson (nee Morgart)

Mrs. Edwin W. (Mabel) Peterson, 66, a native of near Grinnell, died Tuesday morning, March 5, in Mary Greely Hospital in Ames where she had been a patient for two weeks.

The daughter of Anna Florence and Newton J. Morgart, Mrs. Peterson was born March 6, 1901, near Grinnell and moved to Ames in 1946. She attended State Teachers' College in South Dakota, the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University and worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, the College Bookstore and the University Housing Department of Iowa State University and ISU Statistics Lab.

Mrs. Peterson was a member of the Collegiate Methodist Church, PEO, past president of the YWCA, chairman of Missions at the Methodist Church Wesleyan Service Guild, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Church and the Community Council of Churches. She had previously been active in Camp Fire Work, the Koinania Group of the Methodist Church and Sigma Kappa and Kappa Sigma honorary.

Survivors include her husband, Edwin W. Peterson, a former staff member of Iowa State University, now retired; one daughter, Mrs. George J. Willhoite of Darien, Conn.; one brother, Ben E. Morgart of Altoona; one sister, Mrs. H. C. Fleener of Des Moines; and two grandsons.

Mrs. Peterson was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother, Rollie Morgart.

Funeral services for Mrs. Peterson were held at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Adams Funeral Home in Ames with the Rev. Wilbur Wilcox officiating.

Burial was in Ames, Iowa.

A memorial in Mrs. Peterson's name has been estaablished at the Collegiate Methodist Church Committee for Overseas Relief.

Originally submitted on Mon Dec 29 11:55:11 1997 by Esther Breeden, breeden@townsqr.com