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Charles Olaf Nikolai Peterson

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Charles Olaf Nikolai Peterson

Birth
Meroa, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Death
20 Dec 1973 (aged 59)
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Meroa, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Obituary from the Mitchell County Press News:

Last rites were held Saturday afternoon for a well-known Osage man, Charles Olaf Nikolai Peterson, 59, who died December 20, 1973 at the Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital. He had been ill for the past two months and had been confined to a Rochester hospital for a time.

The Rev. Robert Floy, church pastor, was in charge of the rites at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. Arrangements were by C.R. Champion and Sons and burial was in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery, where the American Legion Memorial Squad conducted rites.

Charles Olaf Peterson was born at Meroa on October 16, 1914, the son of Nickolai and Olava Docken Peterson. He spent his childhood in Mitchell County. Mr. Peterson was a veteran of service in WW II, and was a member of the American Legion Post 278. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church, was a charter member of the Legion Memorial Squad, and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7920.

Eilene Lane and Charles Peterson were married on Christmas Day 1937 in Osage, Iowa and they lived in Osage and for a time in San Jose, California. He was employed as a salesman for Olson Motor here at the time he became ill.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Marion Nils Peterson.

Survivors include his wife, Eilene; two daughters, Mrs. David (Charlene) Smith of Osage and Cheryl Peterson of Rapid City, SD; as well as one granddaughter, Julie Smith.
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Found in the 1920 - 1930 censuses living at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1920: Nicholai Peterson 49, Olava 48, Charlie O 5, Marion N 2 yrs 9 mos, Ingeborg 77

1925: Nicholai Peterson 54, Olava 53, Charles Nikolai Olaf 10, Marion Nils Taylor 7

1930: Nicholai Peterson 59, Olava 58, Charles O N 15, Marion N T 12

Found in the 1940 - 1950 censuses at Osage, Mitchell, Iowa:
1940: Charles O Petrson 25, Eileen C 22

1950: Charles Peterson 35, Eilene 32, Charlene 6, Cheryl 1
Obituary from the Mitchell County Press News:

Last rites were held Saturday afternoon for a well-known Osage man, Charles Olaf Nikolai Peterson, 59, who died December 20, 1973 at the Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital. He had been ill for the past two months and had been confined to a Rochester hospital for a time.

The Rev. Robert Floy, church pastor, was in charge of the rites at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage. Arrangements were by C.R. Champion and Sons and burial was in the Rock Creek Lutheran cemetery, where the American Legion Memorial Squad conducted rites.

Charles Olaf Peterson was born at Meroa on October 16, 1914, the son of Nickolai and Olava Docken Peterson. He spent his childhood in Mitchell County. Mr. Peterson was a veteran of service in WW II, and was a member of the American Legion Post 278. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church, was a charter member of the Legion Memorial Squad, and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7920.

Eilene Lane and Charles Peterson were married on Christmas Day 1937 in Osage, Iowa and they lived in Osage and for a time in San Jose, California. He was employed as a salesman for Olson Motor here at the time he became ill.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Marion Nils Peterson.

Survivors include his wife, Eilene; two daughters, Mrs. David (Charlene) Smith of Osage and Cheryl Peterson of Rapid City, SD; as well as one granddaughter, Julie Smith.
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Found in the 1920 - 1930 censuses living at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1920: Nicholai Peterson 49, Olava 48, Charlie O 5, Marion N 2 yrs 9 mos, Ingeborg 77

1925: Nicholai Peterson 54, Olava 53, Charles Nikolai Olaf 10, Marion Nils Taylor 7

1930: Nicholai Peterson 59, Olava 58, Charles O N 15, Marion N T 12

Found in the 1940 - 1950 censuses at Osage, Mitchell, Iowa:
1940: Charles O Petrson 25, Eileen C 22

1950: Charles Peterson 35, Eilene 32, Charlene 6, Cheryl 1


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