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 Harley 'Pete' Petersen
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[DEC. 6, 2006]
ATLANTA -- Harley Ray "Pete" Petersen, 68,
of Atlanta died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, at 4:02 p.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
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His body was cremated.
A memorial service will be
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating.
Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery at a later
date.
Mr. Petersen retired after 25 years of service
with the state of Illinois as an officer at Logan
Correctional Center. He was previously employed by
Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Lincoln and in Saginaw and
Cadillac, Mich.
He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years,
stationed in Germany and Africa.
He was born July 29, 1938, in Gary, Ind., to
Alfred and Dorothy Byers Petersen. He married Gloria
Sage on June 24, 1961, in Saginaw, Mich.
He is survived by his wife, of Atlanta; one son,
Todd (and Patty) Petersen of Litchfield; two
brothers, Robert Petersen of Florida and Kenneth
Petersen of Colorado; two sisters, Carol Bogard and
Lois Sigler, both of Michigan; and four
grandchildren, Lucas, Lydia, Trisha and Zachary
Petersen.
He was preceded in death by one son, Steven
Petersen; his parents; and one brother, Donald
Petersen.
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He was a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 2073. He
was an emergency medical technician with the Atlanta
Rescue Squad for many years. He also sang with the
Lincoln Area Chorale for several years. He attended
Eminence Christian Church.
He graduated from Cadillac High School in
Cadillac, Mich.
Memorials may be made to the Atlanta Rescue
Squad.
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