Ray O. Peterson, 77,
of Mount Pulaski died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at 11:10 a.m. at
Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Visitation was Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski.
His funeral service
was Monday morning at the Mount Pulaski funeral home, with
John Robertson officiating.
Burial, with military
rites, is in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Peterson was
employed at Hoblits and Diamond Shamrock in Atlanta until 1977 and
then worked as a furniture repairman at Stahl's Furniture, Mount
Pulaski, until his retirement.
He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of World War II.
He was born Dec. 6,
1925, in Lake Fork to George O. and Margaret J. Bryson Peterson. He
married Nola Jean Mason in Mount Pulaski on March 3, 1949. She
survives.
Also surviving are
one son, Dennis Ray Peterson of Mount Pulaski; one sister, Meredith
"Dot" (and Herman) Bohn of Elkhart; and several nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was a member of
Lake Fork Christian Church.
Memorials may be made to the church.
