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Lorenz “Skip” Petersen
July 7, 1926 – April 3, 2018 |
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| Lorenz “Skip” Petersen, 91, of Anamosa, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at Winslow House, Marion.Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2018 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa, where the family greeted friends from 10 a.m. to service time. Goettsch Funeral Home is handling arrangements.“Skip,” the name everyone knew him by, was born July 7, 1926, at home in rural Newhall, the son of Hans and Lena (Hessenius) Petersen. He went to country school through eighth grade and attended Van Horne High School through eleventh grade. His senior year he went to Vinton to live with and help his grandmother. He graduated from Vinton High School in 1943.At the age of eighteen he was drafted into the U. S. Army while he attended AIB Business College. He served his country until the end of World War II in the Pacific Theater. He then went to Japan, where he was made the Administrative NCO officer of Sigamo Prison. He returned home in October of 1946. On August 17, 1947, he married Bernice Farmer at the Little Brown Church, Nashua.Skip’s greatest love and pride was his family, and he loved spending time with them. He also had great pride in driving semis and seeing the beauty and sights of his great U.S.A.Those cherishing his memory are his beloved wife of seventy years, Bernice; his children, Dave (Sandy), Blairstown, Rick (Carol), Belle Plaine, Barb (Dennis) Garling, Belle Plaine, Diane (Tim) Blue, Marshalltown, Jim (Lori) Brighton, and Amy (Anthony) Henderson, Anamosa; twelve grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and sisters, Leona Danker, Marengo, and Frances (Melvin) Hupfeldt, Van Horne.He was preceded in death by a son, Jack; his parents; brothers, Harold, Willie and Ralph; and his best friend Paul Riggs.
Submitted by: Janet A. Brandt
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