This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FUHS; PETERSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/751 Message Board Post: the Harlan, Iowa News-Advertiser June 27, 1966 The Life Story of -- Mrs. Anna C. Peterson, 71 Anna C. Fuhs Peterson was born July 2, 1894 to Eva and John Fuhs at Keokuk*, Iowa. She was one of six** children. Feb. 10, 1915 she married Andrew O. Peterson at Portsmouth. They had five children, Helen, now Mrs. Lake Anderson, Harlan; Pauline, Mrs. Mathew Maiwald, Panama; Eugene "Dane" Peterson, Harlan; Urban Peterson, Harlan; Bernard Peterson, Dayton Beach, Florida. Mrs. Peterson devoted her time to her home, the St. Anne's Guild and was a member of the St. Michael's church for 26 years. The Petersons lived near Portsmouth until moving to Harlan in 1940. Surviving relatives are her husband, three sons, two daughters, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren, one brother, Jake Fuhs of Portsmouth and her sister, Geneva Mikels of Portsmouth. Mrs. Peterson died June 9, 1966, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, at the age of 71 years, 11 months and seven days. Requiem High Mass was held for Mrs. Peterson Saturday, June 11, 1966 at the St. Michael's church with Rev. Lavern Wingert, celebrant. Burial was in the Harlan Cemetery with Vance Peterson, Marion Maiwald, Gary Lee Anderson, Robert L. Anderson, Eugene U. Anderson, and Richard A. Peterson serving as pallbearers. (*Keokuk County **9 children)