Benita Anne Higgs was born February 16, 1973, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, the daughter of Benjanmin Franklin and Lois Muriel (Shelton) Higgs. She married Eldon Earl "Pete" Petersen on April 19, 1957. Pete was born May 2, 1931, in Marion, Marion County, Kansas, the son of Marvin J. and Emily L. (Hajek) Petersen. They had three daughters, Gail died at birth.
Benita and Pete's ashes are intermingled in one container and buried in the Marion Cemetery in Marion, Kansas. Following is a transcription of her obituary from the May 2, 1988 edition of the Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon):
Benita Ann Petersen
Feb 16, 1937 - May 1, 1988
Benita Ann Petersen, 51, of Salem, died Sunday at Salem Hospital after a long illness.
She was born in Wichita, Kan., and was reared in Mulvane, Kan., where she married Elton "Pete" Petersen on April 20, 1958. She moved to Salem in 1960. She was a homemaker and graduated from Chemeketa Community College in Oregon City in 1984. She worked as a medidcal records technician for Kaiser Permanente.
She was a Girl Scout volunteer for 15 years and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Salem Chapter 162.
Survivors include her husband, Elton "Pete", her mother, Lois Higgs of Albany; daughters, Julie Ann Mosbacher of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Kristina Lois Petersen of Eugene; a brother, Richard Higgs of Mulvane; and sisters, Judith Young of Albany, Norma(n) Shoemaker of Apex, N. C., and Theresa Wells of Reno, Nev.
Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodland Chapel in Salem. Interment will be private.
Ridgdon-Ransom mortunary, Salem, is handling arrangements.
Contributions may be made to Marion -Polk Food Share, 2305 Front St. NE, Salem 97301, or to a charity of one's choice.
Benita and Pete's ashes are intermingled in one container and buried in the Marion Cemetery in Marion, Kansas. Following is a transcription of her obituary from the May 2, 1988 edition of the Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon):
Benita Ann Petersen
Feb 16, 1937 - May 1, 1988
Benita Ann Petersen, 51, of Salem, died Sunday at Salem Hospital after a long illness.
She was born in Wichita, Kan., and was reared in Mulvane, Kan., where she married Elton "Pete" Petersen on April 20, 1958. She moved to Salem in 1960. She was a homemaker and graduated from Chemeketa Community College in Oregon City in 1984. She worked as a medidcal records technician for Kaiser Permanente.
She was a Girl Scout volunteer for 15 years and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Salem Chapter 162.
Survivors include her husband, Elton "Pete", her mother, Lois Higgs of Albany; daughters, Julie Ann Mosbacher of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Kristina Lois Petersen of Eugene; a brother, Richard Higgs of Mulvane; and sisters, Judith Young of Albany, Norma(n) Shoemaker of Apex, N. C., and Theresa Wells of Reno, Nev.
Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodland Chapel in Salem. Interment will be private.
Ridgdon-Ransom mortunary, Salem, is handling arrangements.
Contributions may be made to Marion -Polk Food Share, 2305 Front St. NE, Salem 97301, or to a charity of one's choice.
Benita Anne Higgs was born February 16, 1973, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, the daughter of Benjanmin Franklin and Lois Muriel (Shelton) Higgs. She married Eldon Earl "Pete" Petersen on April 19, 1957. Pete was born May 2, 1931, in Marion, Marion County, Kansas, the son of Marvin J. and Emily L. (Hajek) Petersen. They had three daughters, Gail died at birth.
Benita and Pete's ashes are intermingled in one container and buried in the Marion Cemetery in Marion, Kansas. Following is a transcription of her obituary from the May 2, 1988 edition of the Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon):
Benita Ann Petersen
Feb 16, 1937 - May 1, 1988
Benita Ann Petersen, 51, of Salem, died Sunday at Salem Hospital after a long illness.
She was born in Wichita, Kan., and was reared in Mulvane, Kan., where she married Elton "Pete" Petersen on April 20, 1958. She moved to Salem in 1960. She was a homemaker and graduated from Chemeketa Community College in Oregon City in 1984. She worked as a medidcal records technician for Kaiser Permanente.
She was a Girl Scout volunteer for 15 years and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Salem Chapter 162.
Survivors include her husband, Elton "Pete", her mother, Lois Higgs of Albany; daughters, Julie Ann Mosbacher of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Kristina Lois Petersen of Eugene; a brother, Richard Higgs of Mulvane; and sisters, Judith Young of Albany, Norma(n) Shoemaker of Apex, N. C., and Theresa Wells of Reno, Nev.
Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodland Chapel in Salem. Interment will be private.
Ridgdon-Ransom mortunary, Salem, is handling arrangements.
Contributions may be made to Marion -Polk Food Share, 2305 Front St. NE, Salem 97301, or to a charity of one's choice.
Benita and Pete's ashes are intermingled in one container and buried in the Marion Cemetery in Marion, Kansas. Following is a transcription of her obituary from the May 2, 1988 edition of the Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon):
Benita Ann Petersen
Feb 16, 1937 - May 1, 1988
Benita Ann Petersen, 51, of Salem, died Sunday at Salem Hospital after a long illness.
She was born in Wichita, Kan., and was reared in Mulvane, Kan., where she married Elton "Pete" Petersen on April 20, 1958. She moved to Salem in 1960. She was a homemaker and graduated from Chemeketa Community College in Oregon City in 1984. She worked as a medidcal records technician for Kaiser Permanente.
She was a Girl Scout volunteer for 15 years and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Salem Chapter 162.
Survivors include her husband, Elton "Pete", her mother, Lois Higgs of Albany; daughters, Julie Ann Mosbacher of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Kristina Lois Petersen of Eugene; a brother, Richard Higgs of Mulvane; and sisters, Judith Young of Albany, Norma(n) Shoemaker of Apex, N. C., and Theresa Wells of Reno, Nev.
Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodland Chapel in Salem. Interment will be private.
Ridgdon-Ransom mortunary, Salem, is handling arrangements.
Contributions may be made to Marion -Polk Food Share, 2305 Front St. NE, Salem 97301, or to a charity of one's choice.
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