OBITUARY: Charles Olaf Peterson, 1914-1973, Mitchell County, Iowa




                        Charles Olaf Peterson

Last rites were held Saturday afternoon for a well-known Osage man, Charles
Peterson, 59, who died December 20, 1973 at Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital.  He had been ill for the past two months and had been confined
to a Rochester hospital for a time.

The Rev. Robert Floy, church pastor, was in charge of the rites at Our
Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage.  Arrangements were by C.R. Champion and
Sons and burial was in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery, where the American
Legion Memorial Squad conducted rites.

Charles Olaf Peterson was born at Meroa on October 16, 1914, the son of
Nickolai and Olava Docken Peterson.  He spent his childhood in Mitchell
County.  Mr. Peterson was a veteran of service in WW II, and was a member
of the American Legion Post 278.  He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran
church, was a charter member of the Legion Memorial Squad, and was a
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7920.

Eilene Lane and Charles Peterson were married on Christmas Day 1937 in
Osage, Iowa and they lived in Osage and for a time in San Jose, California.
He was employed as a salesman for Olson Motor here at the time he became ill.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Marion Nils
Peterson.

Survivors include his wife, Eilene; two daughters, Mrs. David (Charlene)
Smith of Osage and Cheryl Peterson of Rapid City, SD; as well as one
granddaughter, Julie Smith.



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