Petersen, Eugene A. “Pete” (1929 – 2008)

PETERSEN, OLSON, ERICKSON, BALD

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 19:06:12

Name of deceased: Eugene Alfred "Pete" Petersen

Aged: 79 yrs, 6 mo, 25 days

Residence: Shelby County, IA

Born: March 8, 1929, Jacksonville, IA

Died: Oct. 3, 2008, Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen officiated. Burial with Military rites were held at the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Children: Shirley (spouse, Ken) Olson of Harlan, IA, Betty (spouse, Erwin) Erickson of Ames, IA, and Alfred Petersen of Nora Springs, IA; 4 grandchildren; other family members and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Alfred and Clara (nee Bald) Petersen; brother, Russell

Education: no information provided

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: served from 1951 to 1953 in the U.S. Army in law enforcement, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

Marriages: (1) Janell Christensen; date and place of marriage not provided; (2) May Delle Engelmann; June 11, 1988, place not provided.

Employment: After his honorable discharge from the military, he served the Harlan Police Department for 22 years. He went to Manilla, IA, for 2 years as a police officer before returning to the farm. He returned to police work in Irwin, IA, before spending ten years as town policeman in Shelby, IA. He retired in 1990 to the home place in Jackson Township.

Hobbies/Interests: Pete enjoyed his fishing trips, riding motorcycles, and taking trips to Branson, MO. He took pride in his grandchildren, his tractors, and farming. Pete received his fifty-year membership pin with the American Legion Helmer Reyelt Post No. 150.

Sources: pauleyjones.com; ancestry.com