Frank Dean PETERSON

PETERSON, SCHROEDER, WOODIN, SMITH, WYLLIE, MURPHY, BOWMAN, MOSSMAN, MELHUS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/31/2011 at 12:52:24

October 13, 1935 --- July 22, 2011

Frank D. Peterson, 75, of Webster City, Iowa died Friday, July 22, 2011, at his home. Funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. today, at Asbury United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Visitation was Monday, July 25, at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center and prior to the service Tuesday at the church. Military rites were conducted by American Legion Post No. 191.

Frank Dean Peterson, son of Howard and Velma Schroeder Peterson, was born Oct. 13, 1935, on the Eagle Valley Farm, south of Holmes. He graduated from Clarion High School and attended Iowa State University. He served in the U.S. Army. On March 29, 1957, he married Judy Woodin in Clarion. The couple resided in Webster City, where he was the manager of the United Cooperative. They were married for 25 years. He also was in the trucking business as an owner/operator and drove for John Symens. For the past 20 years, he had driven for Van Diest Supply. He retired in December 2010 due to failing health. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church and American Legion Post No. 191.

He is survived by daughter and friend, DeAnne Peterson and Tim Smith, of Clarion; sons and daughters-in-law, Mitchel and Kerri Peterson, of Ames, and Rick and Tami Peterson, of Webster City; grandchildren, Joseph Wyllie, Elizabeth Murphy and spouse, Bob, Max and Sam Peterson, and Caitie and Emily Peterson; sisters, Carolyn Bowman (Denny), of Clarion, and Phyllis Mossman (Dave), of Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother in infancy, Howard Eugene Peterson; and one sister, Patricia Melhus.

Dallas County News - Adel, Iowa
July 26, 2011