Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Peterson, Peter Sr. November 1905
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, November 10, 1905
Peter Peterson, Sr., whose home is on Harrison street, and who has been at 
work for John Gardner, sub contractor on the Cleveland street high water road, 
met sudden death about 2:30 Friday afternoon by a cave of the bank on north 
side of East Main street, where the supply of earth is being obtained.  
Peterson was buried up to the neck, and was dead when his fellow workmen 
reached him, being crushed by the force of the immense mass of earth, the 
movement of which carried him along several feet after he was buried.  Dr. 
Ogden was telephoned for, but by time of his arrival it was known that he 
could be of no service. 

Peterson leaves a wife and one son, John Jr., who is employed in the railroad 
shops.  No one else was injured.  It is probable that the slide was caused, in 
part, at least, by the rain of previous night.

The funeral service of Peter Peterson, who met his death on last Friday, was 
largely attended.  Rev. Dr. Cogshall preached a pathetic sermon, full of 
sympathy for the bereaved family, the text being, “Watch ye therefore, and be 
ye ready, for at such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.”  The 
floral tributes were most profuse and beautiful, among them being a floral 
pillow with the inscription, “Father” from his son and daughter.  It was 
extremely handsome.  It was furnished by M. Wetterling, a countryman of 
deceased.  


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