Obit: Peterson, Vernon #3 (1904 - 1957)

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Surnames: Peterson, Harrison, Johnson, Vater 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 02/14/1957 
 

Peterson, Vernon (17 Nov. 1904 - 10 Feb. 1957) 
 

Funeral services for Vernon Peterson, 52, who died Feb. 10, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, with the Rev. Richard Harrison, of the Presbyterian church, Abbotsford,  officiating. Internment was made in the family lot at the Colby cemetery. 
 

Vernon Peterson was born in Nov. 17, 1904, in Colby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Peterson. The family later lived in Abbotsford, where he attended school. About 27 years ago, they moved to Milwaukee, where the father died. Their present home is Green Bay, where Mr. Peterson lived with his mother and sister, Anna Marie.  
 

Vernon was a marine radio operator on Great Lakes boats. After his retirement, he had a radio repair shop at his home. He was unmarried. 
 

Shortly after Christmas, he underwent surgery at a Madison hospital and the past three weeks was being cared for at his home where death occurred Sunday. 
 

Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Susan Peterson, sister, Anna Marie, of Green Bay; two sisters, Mrs. Fred (Jessie) Johnson, of Withee; and Mrs. Neil Vater, of Owen; and one brother, Lee "Gerry," of Milwaukee.