PETERSMA, Lewis G. 'Pete' 1931 - 2011

PETERSMA, KELDERMAN, HARTNESS, SMELSER, GRIFFIN, KETTLES, DEJONG

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 7/18/2011 at 13:44:05

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Page 8

Lewis PETERSMA

Lewis G. PETERSMA, 80, of Keosauqua, died at 4:22 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 1011, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Page 8

Lewis G. 'Pete' PETERSMA

Lewis G. "Pete" PETERSMA, 80, of Keosauqua, died at 4:22 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Beer-Barker Post, will be in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua.

Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with family present from 6-8 p.m.

Gifts to a memorial to be designated later by the family may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 807 Division St., Keosauqua 52565.

Mr. PETERSMA was born March 12, 1931, in Leighton, the son of Ben and Artie KELDERMAN PETERSMA. He married Betty HARTNESS Dec. 19, 1951, in Oskaloosa.

Mr. PETERSMA graduated from Pella High School and from Iowa State University with a degree in civil engineering and land surveying in 1960. The PETERSMAs then moved to Keosauqua, where Mr. PETERSMA was assistant Van Buren County engineer for four years and county engineer for 27 years.

Mr. PETERSMA served in the United States Navy.

He served on the executive board of the Iowa County Engineers Association and on the Highway Research Board. He was a member of state and national engineers' associations and American Legion Beer-Barker Post 113 of Keosauqua. He was a 50-year member of Keosauqua Christian Church, where he served as an elder, board chairman and youth sports coach.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Steve PETERSMA and wife Shirley of Keosauqua and Michael PETERSMA and wife Laura of Lenexa, Kan.; two daughters, Deb SMELSER and husband Rick of San Jose, Calif., and Cheryl GRIFFIN and husband Blake of Des Moines; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Rose KETTLES of Pleasant Hill.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Margaret DeJONG.

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