PETERSON, Kermit Karl

PETERSON, WILSON, VERRIPS, BARRICK, MOEHLE, CHRISTOPH

Posted By: Norma Jennings (email)
Date: 5/9/2011 at 22:50:36

SOURCE: DUDGEON-MCCULLEY FUNERAL HOME/KECK LIBRARY

Kermit Karl Peterson, age 68, of Wapello, Iowa, died Wednesday morning, April 6, 2011, at his mother’s home in Wapello, after a courageous battle against cancer. The son of Carl and Geneva Harrison Peterson, he was born on September 3, 1942 in Wapello.

Kermit was a graduate of Wapello High School in 1960. He married Ruth Ann Wilson on February 27, 1962 in Wapello. She preceded him in death on November 20, 1962. He later married Leah Marie Verrips on January 18, 1964 in Wapello. They had two children and later divorced.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he was a sub tender for the USS Fulton in Connecticut. He served from 1960 to 1964.

Kermit retired from HON Industries, in Muscatine, after 35 years of employment. He then went on to work at S & J Tube, in Wapello, for 10 years.

He enjoyed farming and raising cattle and supported the motor cycle trials at the farm with Kerm’s Cowpasture Classic. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and going to their school activities. Kermit also enjoyed spending time at the local barbershop, Mo Jo’s.

Those left to honor his memory include his mother, Geneva Peterson of Wapello; two sisters, Carol Barrick and husband David of Roach, Missouri, and Mollie Moehle and husband Ed of Mediapolis; two sons, Kermit L. Peterson and wife Carolyn (Bauer) of Wapello and William ‘Bill’ Peterson and wife Brenda of Medford, Wisconsin; a former daughter-in-law, Kendra Christoph and husband Dee of Bel Air, Maryland; and seven grandchildren, Derrick, Desiree, and Danielle Peterson of Wapello, Andrew and Arielle Peterson and Hannah and Zachary Christoph of Bel Air, Maryland.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carl; his first wife, Ruth Ann; and a nephew, Mike Barrick.

Friends may call from 2:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello where the family will meet with friends from 4:00 to 7:00 PM.

The funeral ceremony for Kermit Peterson will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the First Presbyterian Church in Wapello with Pastor Erv Smith officiating. Burial will follow at the Wapello Cemetery with military rites by the Wapello VFW.

The family and friends will gather for a lunch at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Wapello after the committal service.

A memorial fund has been established.

I have no further information.