Obit: Peterson, P.D. (1886 – 1968)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Peterson

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 18 Jan 1968

Peterson, P.D. (12 FEB 1886 – 1 JAN 1968)

Funeral services were conducted January 3, 1968 at the Cle Elum Community Church in Cle Elum, Washington for P.D. Peterson, 81, a former Curtiss (Clark Co., Wis.0 resident who died January 1, 1968 in the Cle Elum Hospital. Burial was made there in the Laurel Hill Memorial Park.

P.D. was publisher of the Cle Elum Miner-Echo since coming to Cle Elum in 1928, until he sold the newspaper in 1962. The sale followed the sudden death of his youngest son, who had served as editor.

Althoug technically "retired," he remained a newspaper man to the last. He operated the big Miehle press just as he had for decades. He made his last run December 13th.

P.D. Peterson was born February 12, 1886 on a homestead near Curtiss. His parents were Norwegian immigrants. He attended grade school at Curtiss, high school at Greenwood, Valley City, N.D. Normal School, and the University of North Dakota.

He was deputy superintendent of schools for vies years in Ward County, N.D., and then studied at the Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport, Iowa. He practiced his profession for 13 years at Spring Valley, Minn., and then moved to Cle Elum.

In the late 1920's he caught the "newspaper bug" and purchased the Cle Elum Miner-Echo and made that trade his career.

Survivors are his wife, Lois; a son, Lorin Peterson, Los Angeles, California; two sisters, Mrs. Anna C. Peterson, Curtiss; and Mrs. ..(the rest of the article was unreadable)