Gilman A. Peterson, age 90, a former Valders resident, died Friday morning, September 20, 2002, at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center, Manitowoc.
He was born October 6, 1911, in Manitowoc, son of the late Peter and Minnie Osulson Peterson. On September 23, 1939, he married the former Grace Johnston in Ephraim. She preceded him in death May 16, 1992. Gilman's boyhood years were spent on his family's farm in Branch. Later, Gilman's father purchased and operated the former Peterson Opera House where he worked with his father and brother. Folloing his marriage to Grace, he worked as a mason until he became a crane operator and electrical worker at the Manitowoc Company, retiring in 1976. Gilman continued to work partime for many years assembling bicycles at Prange Way. Gilman had a life long love for deer and pheasant hunting and was an avid golfer in his senior years. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Valders.
Manitowoc Herald-Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 22 Sep 2002.
He was born October 6, 1911, in Manitowoc, son of the late Peter and Minnie Osulson Peterson. On September 23, 1939, he married the former Grace Johnston in Ephraim. She preceded him in death May 16, 1992. Gilman's boyhood years were spent on his family's farm in Branch. Later, Gilman's father purchased and operated the former Peterson Opera House where he worked with his father and brother. Folloing his marriage to Grace, he worked as a mason until he became a crane operator and electrical worker at the Manitowoc Company, retiring in 1976. Gilman continued to work partime for many years assembling bicycles at Prange Way. Gilman had a life long love for deer and pheasant hunting and was an avid golfer in his senior years. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Valders.
Manitowoc Herald-Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 22 Sep 2002.
Gilman A. Peterson, age 90, a former Valders resident, died Friday morning, September 20, 2002, at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center, Manitowoc.
He was born October 6, 1911, in Manitowoc, son of the late Peter and Minnie Osulson Peterson. On September 23, 1939, he married the former Grace Johnston in Ephraim. She preceded him in death May 16, 1992. Gilman's boyhood years were spent on his family's farm in Branch. Later, Gilman's father purchased and operated the former Peterson Opera House where he worked with his father and brother. Folloing his marriage to Grace, he worked as a mason until he became a crane operator and electrical worker at the Manitowoc Company, retiring in 1976. Gilman continued to work partime for many years assembling bicycles at Prange Way. Gilman had a life long love for deer and pheasant hunting and was an avid golfer in his senior years. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Valders.
Manitowoc Herald-Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 22 Sep 2002.
He was born October 6, 1911, in Manitowoc, son of the late Peter and Minnie Osulson Peterson. On September 23, 1939, he married the former Grace Johnston in Ephraim. She preceded him in death May 16, 1992. Gilman's boyhood years were spent on his family's farm in Branch. Later, Gilman's father purchased and operated the former Peterson Opera House where he worked with his father and brother. Folloing his marriage to Grace, he worked as a mason until he became a crane operator and electrical worker at the Manitowoc Company, retiring in 1976. Gilman continued to work partime for many years assembling bicycles at Prange Way. Gilman had a life long love for deer and pheasant hunting and was an avid golfer in his senior years. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Valders.
Manitowoc Herald-Times (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 22 Sep 2002.
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