Henry J. Petersen, Jr., 1925 - 2009

PETERSEN, DIGLE, ROOST, PRICE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/6/2014 at 20:58:59

23 September 2009

GRANBURY, TX - Henry J. Petersen, Jr., 83, of Granbury died on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Granbury.

The Funeral service was at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Granbury with interment in Laurel Land Memorial Park at Fort Worth.

Henry was born on September 23, 1925, in Danbury, Iowa, to Dorothy (Digle) and Henry J. Petersen, Sr. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1943 as salutatorian. He joined the Navy where he went to aeronautics school. He designed rocket engines for the Apollo Program, worked at Chrysler Co. in Alabama on the Jupiter Program, then went to Cape Kennedy where he designed air conditioning for LEM/SLA (Lunar Excursion Module/Service Limb Adaptor), and then Pan Am Airways at the Cape. He worked on the Shuttle Program, became drafting supervisor for runways, and in Orlando, FL, he worked on guided missiles.

He married Bev Roost in Sioux City. They became the parents of three boys, Michael, Mark and Doug. In 1991 he married Gloria Price.

He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church where he was a member of the choir.

He is survived by his wife, Gloria; sons Michael (Phyllis) Petersen and Mark Petersen; stepson James (Angel) Estes; stepdaughter Kristi Quicksall; brother, Dick (Duby) Petersen; sisters, Marion (Jim) Southworth, Wilma (Bill) Hartleben, Gwen (Lyle) Pfleeger, and Raona (Don) West; three grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son Doug; a brother Oliver Petersen; a sister Ruth; and three brothers-in-law, Bill Hartleben, Lyle Pfleeger, and Jary Schumacher.