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Dorothy L Peterson

Dorothy L Peterson

Feb 14, 1924 - Sep 17, 2011
Funeral services for Riverton resident Dorothy L.Peterson will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 21, at Davis Funeral Home with Sandy Pheifer and Heidi Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at Mtn. View Cemetery. Mrs. Peterson died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Riverton Memorial Hospital. She was 87.

Dorothy Leona Peterson was born February 14, 1924 in Clearwater, Nebraska to Conard and Theda (Sager) Jelinek.

She married Miles Peterson on February 19,1948 in Gehring,Nebraska. She has lived in Riverton 63 years.

Mrs. Peterson is survived by a brother Clyde Jelinek of Yuma, AZ, sons Lyle Peterson and wife Gail, Dwayne Peterson and wife Lorri of Riverton, WY, daughters Gwen Thompson and husband Jim of Idaho Falls, ID and Leona Morisoli and husband Alan of King City, CA;11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Peterson was preceded in death by husband, Miles, a brother and a sister.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Tough Enough Cancer, or the Help For Health van through Davis Funeral Home, 2203 West Main Street, Riverton, WY 82501