IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Myra Olney Peterson, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 20, 2007 at Life Care Center of natural causes.
She was born November 6, 1922, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Alvin Eldred Olney and Mary Ann Wheeler Olney. She attended schools at Moreland and Thomas elementary schools before graduating from high school in 1940 at Blackfoot, Idaho.
She married Howard James Walters June 15, 1940 in Blackfoot Idaho and later divorced. Two children from this marriage are a daughter, Frances Carol and a son, David. She married Joseph Basil Peterson in June 21, 1945 in Blackfoot Idaho. Two children from this marriage were Keith (died at birth), and JoAnn.
She and her husband Joseph moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to be close to their daughter JoAnn and family. She worked at various business locations in Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, Utah. After retirement, they moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to Hagerman, Idaho to help and assist her ailing brother before his death. She loved flowers, gardening, reading, and being a homemaker.
Survivors include her beloved children: Frances Carol (Rick) McCarthy of Clarksville, Tennessee, JoAnn (Bud) Watson of Idaho Falls and David (Carole) Walters of Idaho Falls, nine grandchildren and twenty one great grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Peterson, in 2002, her parents, two sisters and four brothers.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m Saturday, January 27, 2007, at the Ririe-Shelton Cemetery, Highway 20, Ririe, ID, under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tautphaus Park Zoological Society, c/o City of Idaho Falls, P. O. Box 50220, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83405. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
She was born November 6, 1922, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Alvin Eldred Olney and Mary Ann Wheeler Olney. She attended schools at Moreland and Thomas elementary schools before graduating from high school in 1940 at Blackfoot, Idaho.
She married Howard James Walters June 15, 1940 in Blackfoot Idaho and later divorced. Two children from this marriage are a daughter, Frances Carol and a son, David. She married Joseph Basil Peterson in June 21, 1945 in Blackfoot Idaho. Two children from this marriage were Keith (died at birth), and JoAnn.
She and her husband Joseph moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to be close to their daughter JoAnn and family. She worked at various business locations in Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, Utah. After retirement, they moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to Hagerman, Idaho to help and assist her ailing brother before his death. She loved flowers, gardening, reading, and being a homemaker.
Survivors include her beloved children: Frances Carol (Rick) McCarthy of Clarksville, Tennessee, JoAnn (Bud) Watson of Idaho Falls and David (Carole) Walters of Idaho Falls, nine grandchildren and twenty one great grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Peterson, in 2002, her parents, two sisters and four brothers.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m Saturday, January 27, 2007, at the Ririe-Shelton Cemetery, Highway 20, Ririe, ID, under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tautphaus Park Zoological Society, c/o City of Idaho Falls, P. O. Box 50220, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83405. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Myra Olney Peterson, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 20, 2007 at Life Care Center of natural causes.
She was born November 6, 1922, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Alvin Eldred Olney and Mary Ann Wheeler Olney. She attended schools at Moreland and Thomas elementary schools before graduating from high school in 1940 at Blackfoot, Idaho.
She married Howard James Walters June 15, 1940 in Blackfoot Idaho and later divorced. Two children from this marriage are a daughter, Frances Carol and a son, David. She married Joseph Basil Peterson in June 21, 1945 in Blackfoot Idaho. Two children from this marriage were Keith (died at birth), and JoAnn.
She and her husband Joseph moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to be close to their daughter JoAnn and family. She worked at various business locations in Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, Utah. After retirement, they moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to Hagerman, Idaho to help and assist her ailing brother before his death. She loved flowers, gardening, reading, and being a homemaker.
Survivors include her beloved children: Frances Carol (Rick) McCarthy of Clarksville, Tennessee, JoAnn (Bud) Watson of Idaho Falls and David (Carole) Walters of Idaho Falls, nine grandchildren and twenty one great grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Peterson, in 2002, her parents, two sisters and four brothers.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m Saturday, January 27, 2007, at the Ririe-Shelton Cemetery, Highway 20, Ririe, ID, under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tautphaus Park Zoological Society, c/o City of Idaho Falls, P. O. Box 50220, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83405. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
She was born November 6, 1922, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Alvin Eldred Olney and Mary Ann Wheeler Olney. She attended schools at Moreland and Thomas elementary schools before graduating from high school in 1940 at Blackfoot, Idaho.
She married Howard James Walters June 15, 1940 in Blackfoot Idaho and later divorced. Two children from this marriage are a daughter, Frances Carol and a son, David. She married Joseph Basil Peterson in June 21, 1945 in Blackfoot Idaho. Two children from this marriage were Keith (died at birth), and JoAnn.
She and her husband Joseph moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to be close to their daughter JoAnn and family. She worked at various business locations in Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, Utah. After retirement, they moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to Hagerman, Idaho to help and assist her ailing brother before his death. She loved flowers, gardening, reading, and being a homemaker.
Survivors include her beloved children: Frances Carol (Rick) McCarthy of Clarksville, Tennessee, JoAnn (Bud) Watson of Idaho Falls and David (Carole) Walters of Idaho Falls, nine grandchildren and twenty one great grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Peterson, in 2002, her parents, two sisters and four brothers.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m Saturday, January 27, 2007, at the Ririe-Shelton Cemetery, Highway 20, Ririe, ID, under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tautphaus Park Zoological Society, c/o City of Idaho Falls, P. O. Box 50220, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83405. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
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