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Mary Elizabeth Howard

Female 1921 - 2014  (92 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Howard 
    Birth 6 Oct 1921  McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Also Known As Mary Beth 
    Name Mary H Petersen  [1
    Residence 1996  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 75 
    Death 10 Jun 2014  Ben Atchley State Veterans Home, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mary Elizabeth Howard Petersen, 92, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Ben Atchley State Veterans Home in Knoxville, TN

      She was born on October 6, 1921 in McAlpin, FL, to the late Francis Marion Howard and Mary Ann Eliza Greene. As a young woman she felt a sense of duty to serve her country in the WWII effort, and enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves - Women’s Reserve (WAVES). She was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who dedicated her time to her family and extended church families at the First Advent Christian Church of Lake City and McAlpin Advent Christian Church.

      She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Walter C. Petersen Sr., her parents, her siblings; Ethel Howard O’Hara, George Willard Howard, Pauline Howard Sanders, Sadie Howard, Francis Marion Howard, Jr., Goff Ives Howard, Verna Howard Coolidge, Hazel Howard Stewart, Marguerette Howard, and Greene Van Buren Howard.

      Survivors include her son; Walter C. (Angie) Petersen Jr., of Knoxville, TN, grandchildren; Benjamin H. (Annie) Petersen of Sanford, FL, and Eric D. (Beth) Petersen of Knoxville, TN, and great grandchild, Mary Caroline Petersen of Knoxville, TN

      Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, FL, with Pastor Fred Gaylard officiating and Pastor Tom Amerson assisting. Visitation with the family and friends will be from 5:00pm-7:00pm, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family ask that memorial donations be made in her honor, to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the direction of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S. U.S. Hwy 441, Lake City, FL, 32025. (386) 752-1954. Please leave words of love and comfort for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com

      http://www.gatewayfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Petersen-2/#!/Obituary
    Burial 18 Jun 2014  Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I31119  tng Genealogy

    Father Francis Marion Howard,   b. 27 Oct 1874, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1958 (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann Eliza Greene,   b. 19 Dec 1880, Blounts Ferry, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1966, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1897  Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F8268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter C Petersen,   b. 2 Dec 1921, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 2013, West Hills Rehabilitation Center, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F10764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Oct 1921 - McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 75 - 1996 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 18 Jun 2014 - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Mary H Petersen
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uspublicrecords3&h=397916898&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uspublicrecords3&h=397916898&indiv=try

    2. [S96] Columbia County, FL Marriages 1893-1925.
      Francis Marion Howard and Mary Ann Eliza Greene marriage