OBITUARY: Arthur Edwin `Art' Petersen 1909-1997, Worth County, Iowa


                    Arthur `Art' Edwin Petersen

[ Mason City Globe Gazette; April 5, 1997 ]

MANLY -- Arthur "Art" Edwin Petersen Sr., 87, of Manly, died Thursday
(April 3, 1997) at the Manly Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Bride
Colonial Chapel, 110 E. Spring St., with the Rev. David Olson
of Bethlehem Lutheran Church officiating.

Burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 7, at the Calvary Cemetery,
Omaha, Neb.  Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday until time of
services at the chapel.

Arthur E. Petersen was born Aug. 10, 1909, in Nora Springs,
the son of Nickolas and Meta (Hahn) Petersen.

He attended and received his education in the Nora Springs school
system.  After completing his schooling, he joined the U.S. Army
at the age of 18 and served his country honorably for nine years.
After his honorable discharge, he lived in Omaha, Neb., and
worked as a machinist for Jubilee and Vickers Mfg. Company for
30 years.

He was united in marriage to Hilda Janak in Omaha, Neb. She
preceded him in death. They were parents of two daughters, Arlene
and Joan and one son, Arthur E. Petersen Jr.

He was united in marriage to Tillie (Christiansen) Petersen
on Oct. 7, 1972, in Manly and had lived in Manly for 24 years.

He had been a resident of the Manly Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center in Manly since December of 1995.

Left to cherish his memory include his wife, Tillie Petersen
of Manly; one son, Arthur E. Petersen Jr. and his wife, Sharon,
of Omaha, Neb.; six stepchildren, Mary Louise Byington and her
husband, Marvin, of Clear Lake; John Maynard Petersen and his
wife, JoAnne, of Woodland Park, Colo.; Pauline Bahnsen and her
husband, Westly, and Margaret Sabin and her husband, Paul, all
of Mason City, Marvin Petersen and his wife, Anita, of Waukon,
and Tom Petersen and his wife, Macelyn, of Fresno, Calif.; three
grandsons; one great-granddaughter; 17 stepgrandchildren; 19
stepgreat-grandchildren; two stepsisters, Luella Kaldenberg of
Mason City, and Viola Bailey of Nora Springs; and two stepbrothers,
Leonard and Clarence Christiansen, both of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepfather, John
Christiansen; his first wife, Hilda; two daughters, Arlene and
Joan; two brothers, Carson William and Arnold Petersen; and two
stepsisters, Elsie Tibbets and Minnie Stupka.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
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