On Jan 22, 2007, at 12:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by > clicking on > the link below. > > ********************************************************************** > ***** > > MESSAGE: (#142209) Kent Peterson > > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/clayton/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=142209> > AUTHOR: Judy Moyna > DATE: 1/22/2007 at 15:40:47 > > Surnames: PETERSON,SEIFERT,LEMON > > Kent E. Peterson > October 08, 1962 - December 27, 2006 > Hoffman Estates, IL, formerly of Elkader, IA > > Visitation: 10 AM until service time at the church January 06, 2007 > at Norway > Lutheran Church, rural St. Olaf > Funeral Service: 11:00 AM January 06, 2007 at Norway Lutheran > Church, rural > St. Olaf > Interment: January 06, 2007 at Norway Lutheran Cemetery, rural St. > Olaf > > Kent E. Peterson, 44, of Hoffman Estates, IL, formerly of Elkader, > died at the > University of Chicago Hospitals on December 27, 2006 from leukemia/ > lymphoma. > His family was by his side. Funeral services will be at Norway > Lutheran > Church, St. Olaf, IA at 11 am January 6, 2007, with Rev. Marshall Hahn > officiating, with burial following at the church cemetery. > > Kent is survived by his wife Barbara (Lemon) Peterson of Hoffman > Estates, IL, > his parents Wayne and Bernadine Peterson of Elkader, IA, and his > sister Susan > Peterson of Appleton, WI. He is also survived by many aunts, > uncles, cousins > and friends. > > He was preceded in death by his grandparents Thomas and Mabel > Peterson of > St.Olaf, IA and Ernest and Alvina Seifert of Elkader, IA. > > Kent was born on October 8, 1962 at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, > Oscoda, MI. He > grew up in Michigan, California, Massachusetts, and New York as his > father > completed a career in the Air Force. The family then returned to > St. Olaf, IA. > Kent graduated from Central Community High School, Elkader, IA in > 1980. He > completed his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State > University, Ames, IA, in 1985. Kent later completed his M.S. degree > from > George Washington University, Washington, DC. > > Kent lived and worked in Maryland as an electrical engineer at > COMSAT until he > returned to the Midwest in 1990. He was currently working at > Northrop Grumman, > Rolling Meadows, IL. > > On October 26, 2002, Kent married Barbara Lemon of Naperville, IL. > They made > their home in Hoffman Estates, IL. He was an avid skier and member > of the Four > Seasons Ski Club. He and Barbara spent many happy times skiing, > camping, and > traveling. Kent was a very loving husband, son, brother, and friend > and is > dearly missed by those who knew and loved him. > > In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Leukemia > Research > Program C/O Richard A. Larson, MD Professor of Medicine MC-2115 > 5841 S. > Maryland Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IACLAYTO- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message