...Funeral services were held Wed., April 21, 1999, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jefferson, the Rev. Daniel C. Guenther officiating.
...Mrs. Petersen was born July 9, 1908, in Wells, MN, to John Bias and Martha (Staloch) Bias. She grew up on a farm at Wells and attended school there.
...In 1927, she married Vern S. Nation in Wells. The couple farmed east of Rippey, IA Following Vern's death in 1938, she and the couple's two children remained on the farm. She later married Hal Otto Petersen. A few years later, he became ill and died.
...She moved to Jefferson and bought a farm which her son-in-law, Darrell Fountain farmed for 35 years.
...She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church where she taught catechism classes for 14 years, and belonged to Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the St. Joseph's Guild. She has been president of the American Auxiliary for six years, and belonged to a neighborhood club called Gingham Gals.
...She entered the long term care unit of Greene County Medical Center in March 1996.
...Mrs. Petersen is survived by a son and a daughter; four brothers; three sisters; 17 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
...She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Vern Nation and Hal Petersen; a sister, Anna Bias; a son-in-law, Darrell Fountain; two grandchildren, Doug and Margaret Mary Fountain; and a great-granddaughter, Grace Nation.
...Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson was in charge of the arrangements.
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...Funeral services were held Wed., April 21, 1999, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jefferson, the Rev. Daniel C. Guenther officiating.
...Mrs. Petersen was born July 9, 1908, in Wells, MN, to John Bias and Martha (Staloch) Bias. She grew up on a farm at Wells and attended school there.
...In 1927, she married Vern S. Nation in Wells. The couple farmed east of Rippey, IA Following Vern's death in 1938, she and the couple's two children remained on the farm. She later married Hal Otto Petersen. A few years later, he became ill and died.
...She moved to Jefferson and bought a farm which her son-in-law, Darrell Fountain farmed for 35 years.
...She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church where she taught catechism classes for 14 years, and belonged to Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the St. Joseph's Guild. She has been president of the American Auxiliary for six years, and belonged to a neighborhood club called Gingham Gals.
...She entered the long term care unit of Greene County Medical Center in March 1996.
...Mrs. Petersen is survived by a son and a daughter; four brothers; three sisters; 17 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
...She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Vern Nation and Hal Petersen; a sister, Anna Bias; a son-in-law, Darrell Fountain; two grandchildren, Doug and Margaret Mary Fountain; and a great-granddaughter, Grace Nation.
...Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson was in charge of the arrangements.
Note: living members of this family have been edited out.
Family Members
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Frank John Bias
1900–1996
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Claude Paul Bias
1902–1995
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Mary A. Bias Willette
1903–1981
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Anna G. Bias
1904–1999
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Peter Andrew Bias
1906–2002
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Clement Joseph Bias
1909–2012
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Margaret A Bias Ripley
1911–2001
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Bernard L. Bias
1912–1931
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Helen Martha Bias
1914–1991
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Sr Mary Martin Bias
1916–2001
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Dorothy Bias Cunningham
1919–1974
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Rita B. Bias Northrup
1920–2008
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Charles Casimir Bias
1922–2013
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