Bonita Peterson-Olsen (1925-2005)

PETERSON-OLSEN, OLSEN, HILL, SANDVIG, PETERSON, WESLEY, ROSHEIM, BROTHERS, CARR, YOUGCLAS

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 1/6/2006 at 13:06:11

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, January 5, 2006.

Bonita Peterson-Olsen, 80, of Slater, died Wednesday, December 28, 2005, at Madrid Nursing Home. Funeral services will be on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater with the Rev. Heidi Williams presiding. Burial will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Bonita was born in Vincent, IA on June 3, 1925. She was the first of eight children born to Carolyn (Sandvig) and Otto Hill.

Bonita received her R.N. Degree from Iowa Lutheran Hospital in 1946. She married Donald Peterson in Duncombe, Iowa, on November 27, 1946. Donald died in October of 1975. Bontia married Ralph Olsen in Ellsworth, Iowa on July 8, 1978. Ralph died in September of 1982. She was an active member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater, served on the board of trustees of Waldorf College, and was among the founders of both the Slater Public Library and the Slater Historical Society.

Her family and friends remember her love of nature, her generous spirit and the loving warmth she extended to all who visited her home.

Immediate survivors include one daughter, Julie (Jack Wesley) Peterson of Brattleboro, Vermont and one son, Kris (Rita) Peterson of Huxley, Iowa; two grandchildren, John and Carolyn Wesley of Brattleboro, Vermont; four sisters, Mary (Irving) Rosheim and Patricia Hill, both of Ames, Iowa, Janice (Robert) Brothers of St. Charles, Illinois, and Karen (Gary) Carr of Fort Dodge, Iowa; three brothers, Conly (Donna) Hill of Buffalo, Minnesota, Jim (Mary Ellen) Hill of Dayton, Ohio, and Douglas (Patty Ann) Hill of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Ralph's children, Patricia Yungclas of Webster City, Iowa, and Neil Olsen of Blairsburg, Iowa; and many beloved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husbands.

Visitation is tomorrow, January 6, 2005, after 3 p.m., with the family present 5-7 p.m., at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater.

Services have been entrusted to Soderstrum-Riis Funeral Home of Slater, Iowa, 515-685-4431.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Friends of the Slater Public Library and/or Slater Historical Society.

http://www.tricountytimes.com
 

Story Obituaries maintained by Mark Christian.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen