Obit: Petersen, Chris F. (1888 – 1964)

Contact:  Pat Braun

Email:  braunp@tds.net

Surnames:  Petersen, Knudsen, Miller, Burhop, Rabska, Jensen, Hansen, Justesen, Olson

----Source:  Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wisc.) 5/7/1964

Peterson, Chris F. (1888 – 4 MAY 1964)

FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY FOR CHRIS F. PETERSEN

This afternoon funeral services will be conducted from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home for Chris F. Petersen, 75 of Withee.

Rev. Beryl Knudsen of Nazareth Lutheran Church will read the final rites at the 2:00 o’clock service with burial to be made at Riverside cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers will be Clarence Miller, Bertel Miller, Lewis Burhop, Herman Rabska, Tony Jensen and Lester Hansen.

Mr. Peterson suffered a heart attack at his home and died at 3:00 p.m. Monday, May 4^th.

Born December 1, 1888, in Omaha, Nebraska, he and his family moved to the Withee community in 1917.  On March 18, 1908, he was united in marriage to Effie Justesen in Iowa.  After settling here in 1917 the couple farmed near Withee until 1937.  For three years, he was an employee at Burhop’s garage, served as assessor for the Village of Withee for one year and served as secretary-treasurer of the Federal Loan Association for 25 years.  Since 1957 he has lived in retirement.

He is survived by his widow, Effie Petersen, Withee; four sons, Earl and Woodrow Petersen, rural Withee, Ernest, Blanco, Texas, and Glenn, Green Bay, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Olson, Medford, and 10 grandchildren.