Roy William Petersen Sr., 89, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002, at Palisade Manor in Garretson, S.D.
Services were Monday, Aug. 19, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper. Burial was in Jasper City Cemetery.
Roy Petersen was born to Frank and Adelia (Joens) Petersen on April 18, 1913, on the family farm in Springwater Township, Rock County, where he was raised and attended country school. He was baptized and confirmed on June 17, 1928, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. In 1934, he went to Austin and graduated from American Auction College. He then moved to Jasper.
He married Marville Damman on Feb. 25, 1937, at First Lutheran church in Sioux Falls, S.D. Following their marriage they farmed in Eden Township, Pipestone County, for a short time. They moved to Edgerton where they farmed for four years. In 1943, they bought a farm in Eden Township and farmed there until 1974 when they retired and moved to Jasper. In addition to farming he enjoyed buying and selling old irons, salvaged materials and antiques. He also dug graves for several cemeteries in the immediate Jasper area. They moved to Garretson Oct. 23, 1993. He moved to Palisade Manor in Garretson December 1999.
Mr. Petersen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and dancing. He and his wife celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Feb. 25, 2002.
Survivors include his wife, Marville Petersen, Palisade Manor, Garretson; six children, Eunice (Sherman) Sweeney, Sioux Falls, Elaine Huy, Loryn Petersen, both of Morgantown, W.Va., Larene Pierce, Republic, Mo., Carol (James) Morrow, Knapp, Wis., and Roy "Dugan" Jr. (Jeanne) Petersen, Hartford, S.D.; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Hilda Ihlan, Luverne, Helen Hebron, Sioux City, Iowa, and Dorothy Nabholtz, Waterloo, Iowa.
Mr. Petersen was preceded in death by his parents, a stillborn infant daughter, three brothers, Emil, Albert and Donald, and seven sisters, Emma Schneekloth, Ella Hanson, Elsie Wikner, Edna Caswell, Esther Braa, Wilma Spease and Lillian Haakenson.
Foster-Hartquist Funeral Chapel, Jasper, was in charge of arrangements.