Leo S. Petersen 1937-2011

PETERSEN COTE WALSTED

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 6/29/2011 at 16:39:19

Sioux City Journal
3 March 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Leo S. Petersen, 73, of Strawberry Point, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha, Iowa.

Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Please sign our online guest book for Leo at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.

Leo was born July 4, 1937, in Sioux City, the son of Leo and Caroline (Cote) Petersen. In 1955, Leo graduated from Heelan Catholic High School in Sioux City.

He married Valene Walsted on Dec. 30, 1957, in Sioux City. He ran his business Leo's Locke Shoppe in Cedar Rapids.

Leo's interests included old cars, archery, bowling, playing cards, going to the casino, bulldogs, and spending time with all of his grandchildren. He was a member of Knights of Columbus 909, Kingston Masonic Lodge 676, Embassy Chefs, Director's Staff, and the Iowa Locksmith's Association, where he served as treasurer for seven years.

Survivors include his wife, Valene; children, Leo (Kathy) Petersen and Brian (Christina) Petersen, both of Marion, Renae (Mitch) Barnhart of Strawberry Point, and Kenny Petersen of Cedar Rapids; 10 grandchildren, Jon and Matt (Deb) Hampshire, Michelle (Nick) Hoppenworth, Nicole, Cory, Kara, Colin, Alan and Roger Petersen, and Megan Barnhart; seven great-grandchildren, Hunter, Meridea, Jonathan, Adam, Dakota, Zander, and Taiden; siblings, Earl Mummert of Lake George, Colo., and Annette (Mark) Olsen of Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Roger; sisters, Lenore and Alice; and a brother, Charles.

Memorials may be directed to the family in Leo's memory.