Peterson, Martha Caroline (1917-2012)
PETERSON, HOLSTAD, JOHNSON, JENSEN, FLUGUM, HELVIG, BOLSINGER, BRUE
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 10/29/2012 at 16:35:21
Martha Caroline Peterson
(February 19, 1917 - September 22, 2012)Martha C. Peterson, age 95, of Lake Mills, died Saturday, September 22, 2012, at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills, Iowa.
Martha Caroline (Holstad) Peterson was born on February 19, 1917, on a farm southwest of Lake Mills to Knut and Marie (Johnson) Holstad. Baptized at North Prairie Lutheran Church and confirmed at Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, she attended country school in Winnebago County.
Martha spent several years in California working at a Woolworth’s Department Store as lead cashier. She married Emil G. Peterson on November 27, 1952, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco, California. In 1953, the couple moved back to the home place near Lake Mills to take over the farming operation and to care for Martha’s mother. Except for winters in Texas, Martha spent the remainder of her life on the farm. Because of her failing health, she eventually moved into Lake Mills. She was a lifelong member of Center Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Martha is survived by her sister, Agnes Jensen, of Grand Meadow, Minnesota, as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Emil, in 1981; two brothers, Carl and Joe Holstad; and eight sisters, Andrina Flugum, Christina Flugum, Bella Helvig, Mabel Bolsinger, Manda Brue, Cora Brue, Nora Peterson, and Hazel Holstad.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland, Iowa, Pastor Thomas Rank officiating.
Burial will be in Center Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.
Memorials may be directed to the Center Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery fund or to Hospice of North Iowa.Copyright © 2012, Mittelstadt Funeral Home
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