Peterson Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Peterson, Anna Augusta (27 Aug. 1854 – 25 Apr. 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 3 May 1934

* Mrs. Anna Augusta Peterson died of heart trouble and hardening of the arteries at 6:30 P.M. on Wednesday. April 25th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. August Flink, with whom she had made her home for a number of years, at the age of seventy-nine years. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. J. A. Olson officiating, and internment was made in the Brighton cemetery.

Anna Augusta Franklin was born in Sweden on Aug. 27, 1854. On April 12, 1884, she was united in marriage to Charles August Peterson at Linkoping, Sweden. She is survived by two children, Mrs. August Flink and Ed. Peterson, both of Unity, and a brother, Swan Franklin, West Burlington, Iowa. Eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

Peterson, Earl (20 Dec. 1907 – 19 May 1934)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 24 May 1934

* Earl Peterson, aged twenty-six, of Abbotsford was instantly killed at 11 o’clock Saturday night one-half mile east of Abbotsford on highway 29, when he fell from a dump truck used for hauling gravel and driven by Orville Leaders. Leaders was accompanied by Oscar Seidel and Sylvester Mittelstedt and they were on their way to a dance at Riverside in the town of Hull, when they stopped at a filling station and tavern at Abbotsford. They had seen Peterson at the tavern, but did not notice that he had mounted the truck. After going east one-half mile, Peterson either jumped or fell from the truck, and a wheel passed over his head and left arm, crushing one side of his head, and his arm from the forearm to the shoulder. Leaders felt that he had gone over an obstruction and after stopping his truck, turned around, and investigated. Dr. D. F. Braun, coroner, who was called to Abbotsford for an investigation of the incident, decided that death was entirely accidental and that there would be no inquest.

Peterson was employed at the Harry Moberg farm just within the east city limits of Abbotsford, and, it appears, he intended to go three miles east from Abbotsford on 29 and then walk one-half mile south to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peterson.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home of his parents and at 2:00 o’clock at the Presbyterian church at Abbotsford, Rev. L. C. Smith officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were: Morris Gierl, Clair Harrop, Harold Merwin, Alphonse Schraufnagel, Richard Brown and Donald Horn. Flower girls were: Anita Wibbin, Elaine Kiettner, Lois Schaetzke and Bernadine Moberg.

The deceased was born in the town of Hull on December twentieth, 1907, and had reached the age of twenty-six years, five months when death so suddenly called him. He had spent his entire life in the community and had attended the Riverside school and both the graded and high school at Colby.

Besides his relatives and numerous friends, he leaves to mourn the members of his immediate family: his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peterson of Abbotsford, three brothers and three sisters. They are: Lawrence, Phillip, and Ruth living at home and Vernon, Lillian and Mrs. Leo Stobb of Ripon. One brother and one sister have preceded him in death.

Peterson, Ina E. (18 Nov. 1891 – 27 Jan. 1983)
----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 28 Jan. 1983 (Contributed by Ron Flink, email: rflink55@gmail.com - Transcribed by Marla Zwakman)

* Abbotsford – Mrs. Carl (Ina E.) Peterson, 91, of Abbotsford, died at 4:45 p.m. Thursday at the Continental Manor Nursing Home.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Christ Lutheran Church, Abbotsford. The Rev. Joseph Glovenco will officiate and burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Visitation at the Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford, will begin after 4 p.m. Sunday.

The former Ina E. Erickson was born Nov. 18, 1891, in Finland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Josephine Gustafson) Erickson. She came to the United States with her parents in 1899 settling west of Unity, later moving to Superior.

She and Carl Albert Peterson were married Dec. 20, 1920, in Superior. In 1932 they moved to a farm west of Unity. In 1952 she moved to Abbotsford, where she resided with her daughter, Mrs. Earl (Ruth) Kramer until entering the nursing home in 1975.

She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Ruth) Kramer of Abbotsford, a son, Alvin of Chicago; a brother, Arthur Erickson of Sparta; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband in 1954, one daughter and two sisters.

Peterson, John Mrs. (? – 21 Dec. 1883)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 26 Dec. 1883

* Mrs. John Peterson died Friday, Dec. 21st, 1883. She left a baby about a week old. The burial took place on Sunday, Rev. Chalfant preaching the funeral sermon.

Peterson, Lorrin Ivan (1925? – 24 Apr. 1945)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 21 Apr. 1949

* In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Lorrin Ivan Peterson, who gave his life for his country on April 24, 1945:

He little thought when leaving home,
He would return no more;
That he in death so soon would sleep
And leave us here to mourn.
We do not know what pain he bore,
We did not see him die;
We only know he passed away,
And could not say goodbye.
Lovingly remembered by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson,
Brothers and Sisters.

Peterson, Walter (18 Dec. 1875 – 21 July 1953)
----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 30 July 1953

* After a prolonged illness, Walter Peterson, 77 years old, died at his farm home, Tuesday, July 21. Hardening of the arteries and a light stroke, suffered late in the winter, caused his death. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church and burial was made in the Colby cemetery. The Rev. William Knobloch officiated at the rites.

The pallbearers were Clarence Chris, Morris Gierl, Sherman Harrop, William Hintz, Joe Kunze, and Adolph Schmitt.

Four grand daughters carried the flowers. They are the Misses Priscilla Peterson, Arlene and Bonnie Stobb, and Sharon Schoetzke.

Mr. Peterson was born in Denmark, Dec. 18, 1875, and when he was 18 years old, came to Delavan, Wis. A few years later he went to Withee where he married Bertha Bond in March, 1903. They lived on a farm at Withee and at Colby and about 40 years ago, moved to their present farm, three and one-half miles east and one-fourth mile south of Abbotsford.

Surviving are his widow, three sons, Lawrence, Abbotsford; Vernon, Neillsville; and Phillip, Abbotsford; three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Lillian) Stobb, Ripon; Mrs. Leo (Lorraine) Stobb, Fairwater; and Mrs. William (Ruth) Schoetzke, Ripon; 20 grand children. Three children preceded him in death.

All of the children and grand children were here for the funeral. Other relatives and friends from away included: Mr. and Mrs. George Herbel, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Meyer and Hugo Klower, Neillsville; Art Folmher, of Brandon; and Claire Forreson, Osseo.