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South Bend Tribune, Tuesday, 3 March 1981, Local Obituaries

MRS. BLANCHE E.  (SUMPTION) PETERSON

Mrs. Blanche E. Peterson, 91 formerly of the Karl King Tower, 515 E. Monroe, died at 6:45 a.m. today at the Melrose Manor Nursing Home, Mishawaka, after a lengthy illness. She was employed at the former Greenblatts Fur Shop in South Bend. Born on December 28, 1889 in South Bend she lived in this area all her life. On April 15, 1907 in South Bend, she married Elmer G. Peterson, who died in 1934. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ethel M Wilson of South Bend and Mrs. Genevieve Donat of Bend, Oregon; two sons George E. of Spring Hill, Fla. and Harold (Jack) of Deltona, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

    Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, to which memorial contributions may be made. She was a past president of the Woodmen of the World.

South Bend Tribune, Wednesday, 4 March 1981, Funeral Notes

MRS. BLANCHE E. PETERSON

PETERSON – Services for Mrs. Blanche E. Peterson, 91 formerly of the Karl King Tower, 515 E. Monroe, who died Tuesday at the Melrose Manor Nursing Home, Mishawaka, after a lengthy illness, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson. Rev. Charles Reed, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church to which memorial contributions may be made. She was a past president of the Woodman of the World. Her survivors include a son Howard of Deltona, Fla.