Alvin Elwood Peterson ⁹³⁸⁹

Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine
Tuesday, April 5, 1994
p. 7B

ALVIN ELWOOD PETERSON

Alvin Elwood Peterson, 95, of 850 Baxter Blvd., a longtime resident of Grandin, N.D., died Sunday at a local nursing home.

He was born in Greattinger, Iowa, son of Gustaff and J. LaNete Allely Peterson. He attended schools in Greattinger, the Interstate Business College and the North Dakota Agricultural College.

Mr. Peterson moved to a farm near Grandin in 1917, and founded the Grandin Garage in 1925, which he owned and operated until his retirement in 1964.

He was elected to the Grandin Town council for 30 years, and also served as mayor.

He was instrumental in the planting of the town tree belt, and the installation and maintainence of the town's water and sewer system.

He was a longtime member of Grandin Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and clerk of the church for decades. He was also a past master and 55-year member of the Blue Lodge of Masons of Hillsboro, N.D.

His wife, Lois Millar Peterson, died in 1973.

Surviving are two daughters, Ara Colucci of Portland and Desyl Peterson of Orono, Minn.; two sons, Deane of Poquott, Long Island, N.Y., and Dorn Peterson of Harrisonburg, Va.; and three grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Grandin Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens, Fargo, N.D. Arrangements are by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home.

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• He was described as being of medium build and height with brown hair and brown eyes.

Alvin married Lois Millar, daughter of William D. Millar and Rosabell Pinkham, 11 January 1941 in Cass County, North Dakota.⁹³⁸⁹ (Lois Millar was born 19 February 1911 in North Dakota,⁹³⁹⁰ died 28 November 1973 in Traill County, North Dakota ⁹³⁹⁰ and was buried after 28 November 1973 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota at Sunset Memorial Gardens ⁹³⁹¹.)