OBIT: Robert Carl "Bob" PETERSON, 2008, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http: //www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- PETERSON, Robert Carl "Bob" 10/17/08 Daily American Robert Carl "Bob" Peterson, 80, Greenwood Court, Calabash, N.C., formerly of Somerset, died Oct. 13, 2008. Born in Johnstown, on June 11, 1928, he was a son of the late Carl and Charlotte Jones Peterson, Portage. Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Mary Louise "Sue" Rutherford Peterson, of the home; one son, Michael Buckner and daughter- in-law, Cecelia, Manchaca, Texas; three daughters, Janet and husband, Rick Dulka, Trail, Minn.; Lois McDonald, Somerset; Kate and husband, Al Taddeo, Hartsgrove, Ohio; two brothers, Edward Peterson and wife, Jerry Lee Peterson and Donald Peterson, both of Portage; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was a graduate of Portage Township High School in 1946. Mr. Peterson then served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1946-1948. He was a graduate of Indiana Teachers College in 1952 with a Bachelor's Degree in education. Mr. Peterson then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania State College with a Master's Degree in education in 1954. He taught school at Chestnut Ridge in Bedford, and coached football for three years from 1956-1959. Mr. Peterson lived and taught school in Somerset from 1967-1985. He then received his Doctorate degree at Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh in 1976. Then, in 1985, Mr. Peterson retired to Calabash. Memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Memorials may be directed to Liberty Hospice, P.O. Box 200, Supply, NC 28462. Online Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brunswickfuneralservice.com.