Memorial services for Stanford H.
Peterson, 48, of Fruitland, who died of natural causes at home
Thursday, Feb. 27, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Parma
Cemetery with the Rev. Paul F. Evans of the Kirkpatrick
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Parma, officiating.
Cremation was at an earlier date under the direction of Dakan
Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Mr., Peterson
was born June 23, 1937, at Boise, the son of Elmo A. and
Lucile Kessler Peterson. He was reared and educated at
Parma, and had attended the College of Idaho for a short time.
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1955. Following his discharge
from the military, he worked as an airline ticket agent
throughout the West for a number of years.
In 1969 he returned to Idaho near Parma and began working for
American Fine Foods at Nyssa. He later transferred to
their plant at New Plymouth. He retired there on Feb.
21. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by two sons, Michael Peterson of Stanfield,
Ore. and Christopher Peterson of Texas: one daughter, Melissa
Peterson of Parma; his mother, Mrs. Lucile Peterson of Parma;
a sister, Anne Rigney of Featherville; and three nieces.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley and his father,
Elmo Peterson. |