This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.harrison/4193/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Peterson, Phyllis M. (Hildreth) Dec. 29, 1924 - Jan. 26, 2007 Logan Herald-Observer 2/7/2007 Phyllis M. (Hildreth) Peterson, 82, of Sioux City, formerly of Woodbine, died Jan. 26, 2007 at the Indian Hills Nursing and Rehab Center in Sioux City. Memorial services were held Jan. 28 at 2:30 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church in Woodbine with Elder Gary Lee officiating. Musicians were Mrs. Merrill McElwain and Max Poe. Final resting place was the Woodbine Cemetery. Phyllis was born Dec. 29, 1924, to Charles and Nina (Crews) Hildreth in Pisgah. She graduated from Pisgah High School in 1942. She then taught country school at the Delance school Moorhead. Phyllis later took summer teachers' training through Buena Vista College. She married Harry M. Peterson on Aug. 29, 1946 in Papillion, Neb. The couple farmed near Woodbine for 40 years. Phyllis substitute taught in Woodbine. She and Harry managed apartment complexes in Des Moines and Little Rock, Ark. for five years. They then moved to Onawa for 11 years before moving to the Indian Hills Nursing and Rehab Center in Sioux City in 2001. Phyllis was a former member of the First Christian Church in Woodbine and the Community of Christ in Woodbine. She was active with the ladies groups at the churches. Phyllis loved to sew, cook and garden. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; husband Harry Peterson on Feb. 23, 2004; and a sister, Helen Welter. She is survived by her two daughters, Diane (Jim) Soetmelk of Greybull, Wyo., and Judy (Terry) Hamer of Sioux City; four grandchildren, Andrea (Mike) Laird of Greybull, Wyo., David (Jill) Soetmelk of Greybull, Wyo., Emily Hamer of Creede, Colo., and Andrew (Theresa) Hamer of Winston-Salem, N.C.; three great grandchildren, Brendon and Brianna Laird and Desiree Young; brothers Charles and Dorothy Hildreth, Warren and Martha Hildreth, Arlan and JoAnn Hildreth, Bernard and Doris Hildreth, Russell and Connie Hildreth, Billy Joe and Dorothy Hildreth and Royce and Elaine Hildreth; sisters Neva and Estal Hinkel, Janece Connery and Sandy Tucker and many other relatives and friends. Fouts Funeral Home 501 Normal, Woodbine, IA 712-647-2221