Newspaper Tidbits Project
Monday, July 28, 2008
[Since there's only one obit, I'm going to post it in its entirety.----Rick B]
"Decatur Daily Democrat", Monday, July 28, 2008
Violet E. Peterson, 79, formerly of Berne, died at 4:50 p.m. Friday in Shepherd of the
Hill at Kendallville.
She was born on May 26, 1929 in Geneva to John and Laura Linton Boice.
She married Charles M. Peterson Sr. on February 7, 1948; he survives.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Berne.
Other survivors are two sons, John C. Peterson of Ozona, Florida, and Charles M.
Peterson Jr. of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Dee A. Peterson of Holland, Michigan; three
sisters, Ellen Hampshire of Columbia City, Indiana; Dorothy Palmieri of Orange,
Connecticut; and Joyce Caetta of Akron, Ohio; a stepsister, Evaleen Walker of Anderson;
six grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
A brother and a granddaughter are deceased.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home,
with burial in MRE Cemetery, rural Berne.
Visiting hours are 3-5 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.
Preferred memorials are to the church.