Ringsted, Iowa – Services for Esther I. [Irene] Petersen, 87, of Ringsted will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ringsted. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Ringsted, with military graveside rites by Christiansen-Bonnicksen American Legion Post 382, Ringsted.
Petersen died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at Good Samaritan Center, Estherville. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home, Ringsted.
Survivors include: daughters, Ruby M. Lindberg of Cordova, Tenn., and Judith A. Schrieber of Coral Springs, Fla.; son, the Rev. John R. Petersen of Mankato, Minn.; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sister, Agnes Christensen of Minneapolis, Minn. (Sentinel, Fairmont, MN, September 6, 2003)
Per SS application: father – Rasmus Madison; mother – Jennie Thorson; born in Armstrong, Emmet County, IA
Per Iowa Birth records: Esther Irene Madison, daughter of Rasmus Madison was born in Swea Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, May 14, 1916ed Iven C. Peterson
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