Obit for PETERSON, Alfred E. (b.1885 d.1966), Watonwan Co., MN 
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St. James Courier
12 April 1966
Page 1:6

Alfred Peterson dies; services on Thursday

     Thursday afternoon funeral services for Alfred E. Peterson, 81, are to 
be conducted at 2:00 at First Lutheran church with Rev. Calvin Berg 
officiating. Mr. Peterson died at Watonwan Memorial hospital Sunday evening.
     Reviewal is at Anderson Funeral home, starting at 2 p.m.  Tuesday.
     A resident of St. James all his life, Mr. Peterson was a retired 
railroad man. He was born at St. James March 3, 1885, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Alfred Peterson, attended St. James schools and Mankato Commercial college.
      Survivors include three brothers and two sisters. They are Ernest, Carl 
and Oscar of St. James, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindquist of St. James, and Mrs. John 
(Mattie) Allen of St. Paul.
     Five brothers preceded him in death.
     Mr. Peterson was a member of First Lutheran church, and was a member of 
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He was an avid sports fan, especially 
baseball, fishing and hunting.
     Music will be by Mrs. M. K. Hegstrom and Mill Mildred Olson and 
interment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.