Bonnie Peterson, 88, formerly of Iowa Falls, died on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Keystone Place in North Liberty. Private family services at the Lee Center United Methodist Church. Burial in the Northlawn Memory Gardens.
Bonnie Loraine Peterson was born on June 17, 1932, the daughter of Leo and Erma Evans on a farm near Iowa Falls, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School. She attended Lee Center United Methodist Church. At the church’s MYF she met Erwin Peterson, whom she married on January 16, 1951. She was married on a Tuesday because that date was her mother’s birthday. Erwin and Bonnie farmed together until their retirement.
Bonnie enjoyed music, playing the organ for Lee Center Church for over twenty years where she was also active in the Women’s Society of Christian Service. She enjoyed cooking, assisting with planting and harvest on the farm, and gardening. She froze sweet corn, made raspberry and strawberry jam, and canned just about everything she grew in the garden. She made the best peanut brittle, chocolate mint brownies, and pumpkin pie.
Bonnie had a delightful ease about her and could talk to strangers wherever she went. She loved riding the 4-wheeler with her grandchildren, enjoyed puzzles, was great with numbers, (a walking phone book some would say), and she loved to teach clarinet lessons.
In her last months she enjoyed the music therapy provided by Iowa City Hospice.
Bonnie Peterson is survived by her husband, Erwin Peterson; six children, Bert Peterson, Russell (Denise) Peterson, Sharon (Dale) Ingle, Becky Peterson, Marj (Rick) Meisner, and Jerry (Cindy) Peterson; twelve grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and two sisters, Roma Schmitt and Rosemary Reade.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Melvin Evans and Gordon Evans.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls, Iowa
Bonnie Loraine Peterson was born on June 17, 1932, the daughter of Leo and Erma Evans on a farm near Iowa Falls, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School. She attended Lee Center United Methodist Church. At the church’s MYF she met Erwin Peterson, whom she married on January 16, 1951. She was married on a Tuesday because that date was her mother’s birthday. Erwin and Bonnie farmed together until their retirement.
Bonnie enjoyed music, playing the organ for Lee Center Church for over twenty years where she was also active in the Women’s Society of Christian Service. She enjoyed cooking, assisting with planting and harvest on the farm, and gardening. She froze sweet corn, made raspberry and strawberry jam, and canned just about everything she grew in the garden. She made the best peanut brittle, chocolate mint brownies, and pumpkin pie.
Bonnie had a delightful ease about her and could talk to strangers wherever she went. She loved riding the 4-wheeler with her grandchildren, enjoyed puzzles, was great with numbers, (a walking phone book some would say), and she loved to teach clarinet lessons.
In her last months she enjoyed the music therapy provided by Iowa City Hospice.
Bonnie Peterson is survived by her husband, Erwin Peterson; six children, Bert Peterson, Russell (Denise) Peterson, Sharon (Dale) Ingle, Becky Peterson, Marj (Rick) Meisner, and Jerry (Cindy) Peterson; twelve grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and two sisters, Roma Schmitt and Rosemary Reade.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Melvin Evans and Gordon Evans.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls, Iowa
Bonnie Peterson, 88, formerly of Iowa Falls, died on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Keystone Place in North Liberty. Private family services at the Lee Center United Methodist Church. Burial in the Northlawn Memory Gardens.
Bonnie Loraine Peterson was born on June 17, 1932, the daughter of Leo and Erma Evans on a farm near Iowa Falls, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School. She attended Lee Center United Methodist Church. At the church’s MYF she met Erwin Peterson, whom she married on January 16, 1951. She was married on a Tuesday because that date was her mother’s birthday. Erwin and Bonnie farmed together until their retirement.
Bonnie enjoyed music, playing the organ for Lee Center Church for over twenty years where she was also active in the Women’s Society of Christian Service. She enjoyed cooking, assisting with planting and harvest on the farm, and gardening. She froze sweet corn, made raspberry and strawberry jam, and canned just about everything she grew in the garden. She made the best peanut brittle, chocolate mint brownies, and pumpkin pie.
Bonnie had a delightful ease about her and could talk to strangers wherever she went. She loved riding the 4-wheeler with her grandchildren, enjoyed puzzles, was great with numbers, (a walking phone book some would say), and she loved to teach clarinet lessons.
In her last months she enjoyed the music therapy provided by Iowa City Hospice.
Bonnie Peterson is survived by her husband, Erwin Peterson; six children, Bert Peterson, Russell (Denise) Peterson, Sharon (Dale) Ingle, Becky Peterson, Marj (Rick) Meisner, and Jerry (Cindy) Peterson; twelve grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and two sisters, Roma Schmitt and Rosemary Reade.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Melvin Evans and Gordon Evans.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls, Iowa
Bonnie Loraine Peterson was born on June 17, 1932, the daughter of Leo and Erma Evans on a farm near Iowa Falls, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School. She attended Lee Center United Methodist Church. At the church’s MYF she met Erwin Peterson, whom she married on January 16, 1951. She was married on a Tuesday because that date was her mother’s birthday. Erwin and Bonnie farmed together until their retirement.
Bonnie enjoyed music, playing the organ for Lee Center Church for over twenty years where she was also active in the Women’s Society of Christian Service. She enjoyed cooking, assisting with planting and harvest on the farm, and gardening. She froze sweet corn, made raspberry and strawberry jam, and canned just about everything she grew in the garden. She made the best peanut brittle, chocolate mint brownies, and pumpkin pie.
Bonnie had a delightful ease about her and could talk to strangers wherever she went. She loved riding the 4-wheeler with her grandchildren, enjoyed puzzles, was great with numbers, (a walking phone book some would say), and she loved to teach clarinet lessons.
In her last months she enjoyed the music therapy provided by Iowa City Hospice.
Bonnie Peterson is survived by her husband, Erwin Peterson; six children, Bert Peterson, Russell (Denise) Peterson, Sharon (Dale) Ingle, Becky Peterson, Marj (Rick) Meisner, and Jerry (Cindy) Peterson; twelve grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and two sisters, Roma Schmitt and Rosemary Reade.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Melvin Evans and Gordon Evans.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls, Iowa
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