Barrick's Funderal Home obit.: Harold F. Peterson died at age 32. Occupation after war, fireman at paper mill. Service U.S. Army, Ft. Lewis, enlisted 25 Feb 1942, age 28, discharge 15 Nov 1945. Co. A, 159th Inf. Reg., 106th Division. Wife, Helen Murhammer, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. & "Marie" Helen Murhammer. Harold is survived by one daughter, many siblings, and nieces and nephews in the Salem area.
Family sources: Called "Bonnie" by his family, he was a favorite of all and during WWII wrote letters home to his siblings and especially to his older brother, Edward, wife Ellen and their young children who lived in the Salem area doing civilian war work. In one letter he wrote to his sister-in-law Ellen telling her that she could seal her letters as the Army only screened his letters, not his families' letters to him. Since his letters were read before mailed, he said it was hard to think of things to write about that might be of interest to his family, so he mostly asked Edward to keep him informed of their parents and what all his nieces and nephews were doing with their young lives. He liked getting letters from the kids back home. He wrote that he was looking forward to "getting back home and once more on the dance floor". Bonnie loved to dance. There was a family celebration when he did come back from the war but unfortunately, he died 7 months and a day after he was discharged from the Army.
Family sources: Called "Bonnie" by his family, he was a favorite of all and during WWII wrote letters home to his siblings and especially to his older brother, Edward, wife Ellen and their young children who lived in the Salem area doing civilian war work. In one letter he wrote to his sister-in-law Ellen telling her that she could seal her letters as the Army only screened his letters, not his families' letters to him. Since his letters were read before mailed, he said it was hard to think of things to write about that might be of interest to his family, so he mostly asked Edward to keep him informed of their parents and what all his nieces and nephews were doing with their young lives. He liked getting letters from the kids back home. He wrote that he was looking forward to "getting back home and once more on the dance floor". Bonnie loved to dance. There was a family celebration when he did come back from the war but unfortunately, he died 7 months and a day after he was discharged from the Army.
Barrick's Funderal Home obit.: Harold F. Peterson died at age 32. Occupation after war, fireman at paper mill. Service U.S. Army, Ft. Lewis, enlisted 25 Feb 1942, age 28, discharge 15 Nov 1945. Co. A, 159th Inf. Reg., 106th Division. Wife, Helen Murhammer, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. & "Marie" Helen Murhammer. Harold is survived by one daughter, many siblings, and nieces and nephews in the Salem area.
Family sources: Called "Bonnie" by his family, he was a favorite of all and during WWII wrote letters home to his siblings and especially to his older brother, Edward, wife Ellen and their young children who lived in the Salem area doing civilian war work. In one letter he wrote to his sister-in-law Ellen telling her that she could seal her letters as the Army only screened his letters, not his families' letters to him. Since his letters were read before mailed, he said it was hard to think of things to write about that might be of interest to his family, so he mostly asked Edward to keep him informed of their parents and what all his nieces and nephews were doing with their young lives. He liked getting letters from the kids back home. He wrote that he was looking forward to "getting back home and once more on the dance floor". Bonnie loved to dance. There was a family celebration when he did come back from the war but unfortunately, he died 7 months and a day after he was discharged from the Army.
Family sources: Called "Bonnie" by his family, he was a favorite of all and during WWII wrote letters home to his siblings and especially to his older brother, Edward, wife Ellen and their young children who lived in the Salem area doing civilian war work. In one letter he wrote to his sister-in-law Ellen telling her that she could seal her letters as the Army only screened his letters, not his families' letters to him. Since his letters were read before mailed, he said it was hard to think of things to write about that might be of interest to his family, so he mostly asked Edward to keep him informed of their parents and what all his nieces and nephews were doing with their young lives. He liked getting letters from the kids back home. He wrote that he was looking forward to "getting back home and once more on the dance floor". Bonnie loved to dance. There was a family celebration when he did come back from the war but unfortunately, he died 7 months and a day after he was discharged from the Army.
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