Petersen, Martha G. (1917 – 2011)

PETERSEN, MYERS, ARP, BUELL, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 19:13:07

Name of deceased: Martha Georgia (nee Arp) Myers Petersen

Aged: 94 yrs, 1 mo, 7 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: Febr. 22, 1917, on a farm three miles east of Tennant, IA. Her parents chose her name in honor of President George Washington on whose birth date she was born. When she was one year old, she caught the flu in the 1918 epidemic. She almost died and had to learn to walk all over again.

Died: March 29, 2011, Avoca, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church; Jacksonville, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen officiated. Burial was at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

Survived by: Son, Bob Myers (spouse, Bonnie) of Shelby, IA; daughter, Darla (spouse, Homer) Buell of Bassett, NE; 7 grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 5 step-great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Ferdinand and Katharine (nee Schultz) Arp; husbands, Robert Myers (deceased 1958) and Raymond Petersen (deceased September 2002); brothers, Grant, Walter, and Edwin; sister, Lillian

Education: graduated from Tennant (IA) High School, Class of 1935

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: (1) Robert Myers; June 2, 1938; Papillion, NE; Robert died in 1958. (2) Raymond Petersen; Febr. 12, 1960 in Jacksonville, IA. Raymond died in 2002.

Employment: After high school, Martha stayed on the family farm to care for her father and brothers. After their marriage, Robert and Martha farmed near Corley, IA, and remained there until Robert’s death in 1958. After her marriage to Raymond in 1960, Raymond and Martha farmed in Jacksonville, IA and continued to live there for 42 years, when Raymond died in September 2002. Martha continued to live on at the farm until she retired to the Avoca nursing home in January of 2010.

Hobbies/Interests: Martha loved living on the farm and she loved Iowa. She didn’t care to travel and couldn’t understand why anyone would want to go anywhere else. She’d had a passion for painting since her youth, starting with watercolors and then moving on to oils. Many family members have her paintings in their homes. Martha loved animals, watching birds and having chickens around. She enjoyed growing flowers, going dancing, and cooking great meals, but most of all, she loved her family.

Sources: pauleyjones.com