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Ralph Jennings Peterson

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Ralph Jennings Peterson

Birth
Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Death
21 May 1989 (aged 89)
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hillside, Map D31, Lot 6021, Space 1
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Los Angeles Times, CA, Tuesday, May 23, 1989, pg. 28, col. 1

Ralph Peterson, 89, who began teaching music at Los Angeles City College when it opened at its present site on North Vermont Avenue in 1929, died Sunday at a Glendale hospital.

Peterson took over the school choir in 1935 and directed hundreds of concerts before his retirement in 1965.

During his tenure, the award-winning choir became well known throughout the Southland. In addition to regular concerts at auditoriums and churches, it was heard regularly on KHJ radio.

At his death, Peterson was the oldest surviving founder of the state Choral Conductors Guild.

A funeral service will be held at noon Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Crescenta.
Los Angeles Times, CA, Tuesday, May 23, 1989, pg. 28, col. 1

Ralph Peterson, 89, who began teaching music at Los Angeles City College when it opened at its present site on North Vermont Avenue in 1929, died Sunday at a Glendale hospital.

Peterson took over the school choir in 1935 and directed hundreds of concerts before his retirement in 1965.

During his tenure, the award-winning choir became well known throughout the Southland. In addition to regular concerts at auditoriums and churches, it was heard regularly on KHJ radio.

At his death, Peterson was the oldest surviving founder of the state Choral Conductors Guild.

A funeral service will be held at noon Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Crescenta.

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