Parley Peter Peterson
News-Examiner, Thursday,
1 November 1956, page 1
RITES HELD FOR PARLEY P PETERSON
Parley Peter Peterson, 77, died Sunday morning in the Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, following a long illness. He was born April 19, 1879 at Roneberg, Vrejler, Denmark. He came to America in 1880 with his mother and his father following the next year. Their first home was in Spanish Fork, Utah where his mother died the same year. In 1883 he moved to Ovid with his father, where he has since resided with the exception of eight years that he was in the United States Navy and a short time spent in Otto, Wyoming.
Mr. Peterson worked for the Union Pacific as a machinist helper until he retired in 1952. He belonged to the LDS Church and was an active worker, a member of the Seventies, and had worked as Sunday School superintendent, ward teacher supervisor and ward teacher. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ethel Ericksen Peterson in 1917, and by his second wife Emma Lenherr Peterson in 1932.
Surviving are his wife, Corrilla Talbot Peterson and two daughters, Mrs. Aceal (Veldron) Booth and two adopted sons, Calvin and William; also seven stepsons Milford Talbot of Ogden, Odis Talbot of Lewston, Utah, Waynard Talbot of Nyssa, Oregon, Sylvin and Oleen Talbot of New Acres, Bob and Glenn Talbot of Montpelier; as well as three step daughters Beneta Smith of Lewiston Utah; Elenora Osterlin of Logan and Jean Stoddard of Montpelier; thirteen grandchildren and one great granddaughter, and one sister Mrs. Sarah Quinton of Butte Montana.
Services were held at 1 pm Wednesday in the Montpelier Fourth Ward Chapel with Bishop Doyle Anthony conducting. The opening song "The Lord Is My Shepherd" was by the Singing Mothers; invocation Joseph Einzinger; obituary Ferris Hess; vocal solo "In The Garden" William Talbot; speaker Fred Bartlome; vocal duet "Sometime We'll Understand" Mrs. Walter Hunzeker and Winslow Swensen; speaker Odis Talbot; remarks Bishop Anthony; song "O My Father" Singing Mothers; benediction Grover Swallow.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and
the grave was dedicated by Oleen Talbot. The prayer at the Mortuary was
offered by President Eugene P Shepherd. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of
arrangements.