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Edward
Peterson, 77
Radcliff,
Ky. - Edward A. Peterson, 77, formerly of Thief
River Falls, died on Saturday, September 14, 2002
at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown,
Ky.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, September 18 at
St. John's Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Ill.
with Rev. Priscilla Bell officiating. Interment was
in East Lawn Cemetery in Bloomington, Ill. with
military rites accorded by the Carl S. Martin
American Legion Post 635 of Normal, Ill.
Edward
Andrew Peterson was born on February 26, 1925, the
son of Edward Otis and Ara Forslof Peterson in
Belle Plaine Township. He graduated from Lincoln
High School and attended the University of Dubuque,
the University of Colorado and the University of
Minnesota where he received a juris doctorate in
1950. On October 18, 1952 he was united in marriage
to Marilyn Movick in Thief River Falls. Edward was
the former assistant vice president of claims for
State Farm Insurance Company in Bloomington, Ill.
He retired on March 1, 1987.
Edward
also served as the chairman of the board for
Arbitration Forums, Inc. in 1983 and as a member of
the board. After 22 years of service in the Naval
Reserves, Edward retired from his position as
commander. He served during World War II and the
Korean War on the USS John Hood and the USS Cushing
during a world cruise. Edward was member of St.
John's Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Ill., a
member of the Valley of Bloomington Ancient
Excepted Scottish Rite, McLean Company Shrine,
Mohamed Temple of Peoria, Ill. and the Anoka Lodge
#30 AF & AM in Anoka.
Survivors
include two daughters, Sara Jean (Jim) Johnson of
Radcliff, Ky. and Tracy Lynn (Sigurd) Finks of
Bloomington; three grandchildren; and a brother,
James Prescott Peterson of Matthews, Va.
Edward
was preceded in death by his parents; his wife,
Marilyn; and a sister, Ara Peterson
Burwell.
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