Obit of Peterson, Marie Elisabeth (Bussmann) - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: BUSSMANN, PETERSON, CAMPBELL, BURGHART, CLARK, HICKS
from 2-23-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Marie E. Peterson

Mrs. Marie Elisabeth (Bussmann) Peterson, 89, retired Vernon Company
salesperson died at 1:18 p.m. on Thursday in the Jane Phillips Medical
Center.

Funeral services for Mrs. Peterson will be held at the graveside in the
Neodesha Cemetery, Neodesha, Kansas at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rev. Marcy
Campbell, minister of Neodesha, First Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Committal prayers and interment will be directed beside the grave of her
husband in the Neodesha Cemetery by the Arnold Moore Funeral Service.

Mrs. Peterson will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of the Arnold Moore
funeral residence where friends may call for visitation until she is
removed to Neodesha on Tuesday.

A native of Neosho County Kansas, Marie Elisabeth Bussmann was born
October 19, 1913 in the rural Chanute community. She was the daughter of
Ludwig Wilhelm "William" and Louisa (Burghart) Bussmann. She began her
education in the rural schools of Neosho County and was graduated with the
Senior Class of 1931 from the Chanute High School. She moved to Kansas
City, Missouri and was employed as a beautician for several years. She and
Albert Randal "Pete" Peterson were married October 9, 1938 at Neodesha.
They established their home in Kansas City, Missouri and had various
residences during his World War II service years. After returning to
Kansas City, he was an instructor for Trans World Airlines and they owned
and operated a Hobby Shop in Kansas City, Missouri. They remained active
in the Hobby Shop for 25 years. "Pete" Peterson later sold advertising
products for the Vernon Company and Marie joined him in sales after
closing the Hobby Shop. Mr. Peterson preceded her in death on March 11,
1974 in Kansas City, Missouri. She remained active with the Vernon Company
and set sales records during her employ. She was retired in l991 and
continued her home there until the Spring of 1999 when she came to
Bartlesville to be near her sister and family.

Surviving Mrs. Peterson are two nephews, Kenneth Michael "Mike" Clark and
wife, Karen, Bartlesville, Okla. and Robert "Bob" Bussmann and wife,
Connie, Chanute, Kansas; a niece, Mrs. Sharon Hicks and husband, J.D.,
Thayer, Kansas; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Bussmann, Chanute, Kansas and
eight great nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, father and
mother, she was preceded in death by her brother, Edward "Eddie" Bussmann
and by her sister, Mrs. Leona Mary (Bussmann) Clark.
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