Mamie C. Peterson

Mamie C. Peterson, 87, of Hitterdal, Minnesota, died Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Sunnyside Nursing Home, Lake Park, Minnesota.Mamie Clara Grefsrud was born March 8, 1917 at Hawley, Minnesota to Gustav and Martina Bratlien Grefsrud. She attended country school in Parke Township, Clay County, Minnesota. Mamie was married to Ernest Peterson at the Hawley Parsonage on November 11, 1937. Following their marriage they farmed in Highland Grove Township, near Hitterdal, Minnesota. In 1968 they moved into Hitterdal. Ernest died August 25, 1980. In February of 2000 she moved to Sunnyside Nursing Home, rural Lake Park, Minnesota, where she has since resided. She is survived by three sons, Morris Peterson, Hitterdal, MN, LeRoy Ardie Peterson, Hitterdal, MN, and Darrel Peterson, Lake Park, MN; five daughters, Eunice Fitzpatrick, Freemont, MI, Beverly Lee Peterson, Tower, MN, Sharon Julian Rick, Lake Park, MN, Beatrice Tim Utke, Lander, WY, Sandra Keith Krueger, Rhinelander, WI; five brothers, Raymond Joann Grefsrud, Hawley, MN, Norris Muriel Grefsrud, Hawley, MN, Vernon Joann Grefsrud, Wisconsin, Earl Priscilla Grefsrud, Minneapolis, MN, Ardean Adele Peterson, Cascade, ID; six sisters, Myrtle Olson, Detroit Lakes, MN, Thelma Peterson, Lake Park, MN, Ardell Robert Nelson, Helena, MT, Glenda David Bengtson, Pelican Rapids, MN, Lorraine Grefsrud, Hawley, MN, Wanda Carl Erickson, Hawley, MN; 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.