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Irving H. Peterson

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Irving H. Peterson

Birth
Norway, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
Death
5 Feb 1950 (aged 40)
Stambaugh, Iron County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 3 Lot 172
Memorial ID
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CEMETERY RECORDS say age 40.

HEADSTONE says MI Cpl Infantry WW2 BSM-PH. American Legion marker.

OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Feb 6 1950 "Irving Peterson, War II Veteran, Dies Yesterday"
Irving H. Peterson, 40, of Gaastra, a War II veteran of the Luzon campaign, died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at Stambaugh General hospital where he had been a patient for one week.
The remains are at the Johns funeral home where services will be held Tuesday afternoon with full military rites.
The rites will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow with Rev. Earl G. Gustafson officiating and the Reino Legion post of Stambaugh according military honors at interment in Stambaugh cemetery vault.
Mr. Peterson was born in Norway, Mich. Jan. 22, 1910 and came to Gaastra as an infant with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Peterson, in April of the same year. He attended Gaastra school and was graduated from Stambaugh high school in 1929. He was employed at the Ford Motor Co. plant in Iron Mountain prior to his entry into army service Dec. 18, 1942. He was wounded during the Luzon battle in the northern Philippines while serving as a corporal with an army combat unit and he was subsequently a patient at U.S. Army hospitals in Galesburg, Ill. and Battle Creek, Mich. He was discharged May 17, 1947.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Hilda Peterson of Gaastra; three sisters, Mrs. Byron Battye and Miss Mae Peterson, both of Gaastra, Mrs. Ernest Friestrom, Iron Mountain, and a brother Arvid Peterson, Gaastra.

FUNERAL HOME RECORDS say born Norway MI Jan 22 1910; died Stambaugh Feb 5 1950. Disabled veteran. Single. Age 40y 0m 26d. Parents Charles & Hilda. Resided Gaastra. WW2 vet. Gunshot war wounds-amputation left thigh.

OBITUARY of Miss Mae Peterson 2002 says Irving Peterson was her brother.

OBITUARY of Charles E. Peterson 1938 says Irving Peterson is his son and lives at home in Gaastra.
CEMETERY RECORDS say age 40.

HEADSTONE says MI Cpl Infantry WW2 BSM-PH. American Legion marker.

OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Feb 6 1950 "Irving Peterson, War II Veteran, Dies Yesterday"
Irving H. Peterson, 40, of Gaastra, a War II veteran of the Luzon campaign, died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at Stambaugh General hospital where he had been a patient for one week.
The remains are at the Johns funeral home where services will be held Tuesday afternoon with full military rites.
The rites will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow with Rev. Earl G. Gustafson officiating and the Reino Legion post of Stambaugh according military honors at interment in Stambaugh cemetery vault.
Mr. Peterson was born in Norway, Mich. Jan. 22, 1910 and came to Gaastra as an infant with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Peterson, in April of the same year. He attended Gaastra school and was graduated from Stambaugh high school in 1929. He was employed at the Ford Motor Co. plant in Iron Mountain prior to his entry into army service Dec. 18, 1942. He was wounded during the Luzon battle in the northern Philippines while serving as a corporal with an army combat unit and he was subsequently a patient at U.S. Army hospitals in Galesburg, Ill. and Battle Creek, Mich. He was discharged May 17, 1947.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Hilda Peterson of Gaastra; three sisters, Mrs. Byron Battye and Miss Mae Peterson, both of Gaastra, Mrs. Ernest Friestrom, Iron Mountain, and a brother Arvid Peterson, Gaastra.

FUNERAL HOME RECORDS say born Norway MI Jan 22 1910; died Stambaugh Feb 5 1950. Disabled veteran. Single. Age 40y 0m 26d. Parents Charles & Hilda. Resided Gaastra. WW2 vet. Gunshot war wounds-amputation left thigh.

OBITUARY of Miss Mae Peterson 2002 says Irving Peterson was her brother.

OBITUARY of Charles E. Peterson 1938 says Irving Peterson is his son and lives at home in Gaastra.


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