Lucille Ball's step-father
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Lake View Cemetery records index card for: Edward Peterson
age: 58yr
died: 5 April 1943
Internment: 8 April 1943 in Lot 21 W 1/3, Willow Section, 3 S end
cert.# 25,337∼Edward Peterson was the seond husband of Desiree Hunt Ball and helped father Lucille and Fred Ball, her children from her previous marriage to Henry Ball.
"Four years after Henry Ball's death, DeDe married Edward Peterson. While they looked for work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy and Fred. Ball's step-grandparents were a puritanical Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the house except one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for being vain. She later said that this period of time affected her so deeply, it lasted seven or eight years. When Lucy was 12, her stepfather encouraged her to audition for his Shriner's organization that needed entertainers for the chorus line of its next show. While Ball was onstage, she realized performing was a great way to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced to move to a small apartment in Jamestown after their house and furnishings were sold to settle a legal judgment." (from Wikipedia)
Edward and Desiree divorced in 1934.
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Lake View Cemetery records index card for: Edward Peterson
age: 58yr
died: 5 April 1943
Internment: 8 April 1943 in Lot 21 W 1/3, Willow Section, 3 S end
cert.# 25,337∼Edward Peterson was the seond husband of Desiree Hunt Ball and helped father Lucille and Fred Ball, her children from her previous marriage to Henry Ball.
"Four years after Henry Ball's death, DeDe married Edward Peterson. While they looked for work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy and Fred. Ball's step-grandparents were a puritanical Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the house except one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for being vain. She later said that this period of time affected her so deeply, it lasted seven or eight years. When Lucy was 12, her stepfather encouraged her to audition for his Shriner's organization that needed entertainers for the chorus line of its next show. While Ball was onstage, she realized performing was a great way to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced to move to a small apartment in Jamestown after their house and furnishings were sold to settle a legal judgment." (from Wikipedia)
Edward and Desiree divorced in 1934.
Lucille Ball's step-father
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Lake View Cemetery records index card for: Edward Peterson
age: 58yr
died: 5 April 1943
Internment: 8 April 1943 in Lot 21 W 1/3, Willow Section, 3 S end
cert.# 25,337∼Edward Peterson was the seond husband of Desiree Hunt Ball and helped father Lucille and Fred Ball, her children from her previous marriage to Henry Ball.
"Four years after Henry Ball's death, DeDe married Edward Peterson. While they looked for work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy and Fred. Ball's step-grandparents were a puritanical Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the house except one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for being vain. She later said that this period of time affected her so deeply, it lasted seven or eight years. When Lucy was 12, her stepfather encouraged her to audition for his Shriner's organization that needed entertainers for the chorus line of its next show. While Ball was onstage, she realized performing was a great way to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced to move to a small apartment in Jamestown after their house and furnishings were sold to settle a legal judgment." (from Wikipedia)
Edward and Desiree divorced in 1934.
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Lake View Cemetery records index card for: Edward Peterson
age: 58yr
died: 5 April 1943
Internment: 8 April 1943 in Lot 21 W 1/3, Willow Section, 3 S end
cert.# 25,337∼Edward Peterson was the seond husband of Desiree Hunt Ball and helped father Lucille and Fred Ball, her children from her previous marriage to Henry Ball.
"Four years after Henry Ball's death, DeDe married Edward Peterson. While they looked for work in another city, Peterson's parents cared for Lucy and Fred. Ball's step-grandparents were a puritanical Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the house except one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in it, she was severely chastised for being vain. She later said that this period of time affected her so deeply, it lasted seven or eight years. When Lucy was 12, her stepfather encouraged her to audition for his Shriner's organization that needed entertainers for the chorus line of its next show. While Ball was onstage, she realized performing was a great way to gain praise. In 1927, her family was forced to move to a small apartment in Jamestown after their house and furnishings were sold to settle a legal judgment." (from Wikipedia)
Edward and Desiree divorced in 1934.
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