Gertrude Rachel (Welch) Peterson (1893-1992) Alternate

FRANK, GARTH, GEERLINGS, KEECH, PETERSON, RICHARDS, WELCH

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:46

Services for Gertrude R. Peterson were held Wednesday, May 6, 1992 at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Goldfield, Iowa with the Rev. Jim Seibert officiating. Organist, Linda Babcock, accompanied soloist Jill Sorensen as she sang "In The Garden" and "Beyond The Sunset." Casketbearers were Jack Hawk, David Veeder, Mark Pate, Carl Frank, Steve Fox and Bill Goodrich. Interment was in the Glenwood Cemetery in Goldfield, Iowa. Services under the direction of the Ewing Funeral Home in Britt.

Gertrude Rachel Peterson, 98, the last of seven children, passed away Sunday, May 3, 1992, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, Iowa.

Gertrude, the daughter of Delos and Rachel Garth Welch, was born May 19, 1893 at Woolstock, Iowa. She was in the first graduating class of the new Lincoln High School Building in 1914. She taught in the county Schools near Woolstock.

On January 1, 1916, she was united in marriage with George F. Peterson, at Webster City. The couple farmed in the Webster and Wright Counties. In 1949, the couple moved into Goldfield

She was the oldest member of the Goldfield United Methodist Church. She had a large garden of iris flowers and she also made shell pins.

Gertrude was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George who passed away on January 1, 1973; two sisters; four brothers and four grandchildren.

Survivors include four daughters: LaVerna Frank of Britt, IA; Celesta Keech of Springfield, MO; Lorena Richards of Circle Pines, MN; Lois Geerlings of Webster City, IA; two sons. Donald Peterson and his wife, Frances and Wilford Peterson and his wife, Phyllis, all of Goldfield, IA; 28 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren.

The Britt News-Tribune --- Britt, Iowa
Wednesday, May 13, 1992