Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Petersen, Christian Fredrick January 14, 1985 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 20, 2006, 11:51 pm The Dalles Weekly Reminder, January 24, 1985 Christian Fredrick Petersen, 88, died Jan. 14 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of The Dalles having been born to Nels and Georgena Petersen on March 4, 1896. Mr. Petersen attended schools in The Dalles and married Alvena Pankonein on Oct. 15, 1918 in The Dalles. He worked at the Seufert Cannery as superintendent until 1924 and then went to work for Wasco Electric Co-op and continued to work there until he retired in 1961. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, No. 125. Survivors include his wife, Alvena, The Dalles; two sons, W. J. (Webb) Petersen, The Dalles and Daniel C. Petersen, Portland; five grandchildren, Janice Lafleur, Seattle; Lynn Rhodes, Chula Vista, Calif.; Christi Jones, Gresham; Pamela Peterson, Los Gatos, Calif.; and Phillip Petersen, Spokane, Wash.; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were at Zion Lutheran Church on Friday with Pastor Delmer Anderson officiating. Burial followed at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/p/petersen398gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb