GWENDOLYN PETERSON

KEWANEE - Gwendolyn F. "Gwen" Peterson, 62, of rural Kewanee died at 9:54a.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, in the emergency room at Kewanee Hospital.

She was born Nov. 18, 1942, in Sterling, the daughter of E. Wilson and M. Ferne (Kepner) Berge. She graduated from Tampico High School in 1960 as the class salutatorian.

She married Stanley N. Peterson on Aug. 13, 1960, in Walnut. He survives along with one son, Steven M. Peterson of Kewanee; two daughters, Kim (Loren) Stiegelmeyer of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Kay Luan (John) Hammer of Kewanee, seven grandchildren, Lelsey and Drew Stiegelmeyer, Tyler, Kari and Kati Pierson and Kodi and Levy Hammer, two sisters, Sharon (Ted) Sumner and Lorraine (Terry) Gaskill, both of Tampico, one aunt, Helen Berge Chevillon of Canton, and one uncle, Homer Kepner of Walnut.

Her parents preceded her in death.

She had been employed at the Macomb Kroger Store, Gerneal Telephone, Macomb and Kewanee and Hyster Co., Kewanee. She was currently employed at Goldstar FS, Cambridge as the administrative assistant to the general manager and would have received her 20-year service plaque this month.

She had been a member of Tampico United Methodist Church where she played the piano. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kewanee where she sang in the Chancel Choir, served as a substitute pianist, and was a deaconess and youth choir director. She had been a leader of the Wethersfield Plow Jockey 4-H Club for 27 years.

She loved her family and raising and showing purebred sheep.

Funeral Serves will be at 1:30 p.m.Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at the funeral home. Private family burial will be at Wethersfield Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to Wethersfield Plow Jockey 4-H Club, Wethersfield High School FFA Chapter or to Tampico United Methodist Church. (This is a paid obituary)