Edna Mae Petersen 1917-2011

PETERSEN MOHR MYERS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 7/1/2011 at 21:27:15

Sioux City Journal
27 March 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Edna Mae Petersen, 93, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Touchstone Living Center after a brief illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with Rev. Kenny Hsu officiating. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Edna was born March 31, 1917, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Herman and Ella (Mohr) Myers. When Edna was 5 years old, the family moved to Everett, Wash. for three years due to her father's employment. When they moved back to Iowa, she attended Lowell and North Junior Schools in Sioux City. At the age of 18, she was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church and had been a member ever since. Her employment included a seed company and Mary Elizabeth Day Care.

She met the love of her life through the church's minister. On May 31, 1942, she married Clarence E. Petersen at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sioux City. He died June 23, 1997, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The last six months she resided at Touchstone Living Center, due to a broken arm, with hopes of returning to her home.

Edna was very family oriented. She enjoyed cooking, especially for the holidays and always made sure no one went away hungry. Her faith was very important to her. She was young at heart and was a faithful caregiver to members of her family as well as others who were in need.

Survivors include six children, Larry (Janet) Petersen of Spearfish, S.D., Linda M. Benjamin of Sioux City, Marlene (Larry G.) Herbst of Bronson, Iowa, Edward Petersen and Stanley Petersen, both of Sioux City and Patricia Murphy of Sergeant Bluff; a sister-in-law, Velma Myers of Long Beach, Calif.; 16 grandchildren, Shelly Petersen, Ann Marie (Robert) Wilhelm, Melissa Johnson, Wayne (fiancee, Tammy) Petersen, Michelle (Andrew) Demma, Anthony Petersen, Charles (Micki) Benjamin, Brian (Jennifer) Benjamin, Kimberly Benjamin, James (Catherine) Benjamin, Matthew (Katherine) Herbst, Erin (Stephen) Strong, Joshua Herbst, Katie Rivera, Rebecca (Matthew) Granstrom and Robert Murphy; 27 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Wanda Koch.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two infant daughters, Dianne and Cheryl; two brothers, Raymond (as a young child) and Glenn Myers; a sister, Mildred Kobes; two great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Armond Benjamin.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Petersen, Michelle Demma, Charles Benjamin, Brian Benjamin, Matthew Herbst, Erin Strong, Joshua Herbst, Rebecca Granstrom. Honorary pallbearers will be the other grandchildren.