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🔵 Walter LaVerne Peterson

Age: 58y, 8m, 28d

📆 Events

  • Birth
    Date: 20 JUL 1918, Age:
    Place: Lowell, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Death
    Date: 18 APR 1977, Age: 58y, 8m, 28d
    Place: East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Burial
    Date:
    Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

👩‍❤️‍👨 Relationships

🟣 Beatrice Margaret Metzger, b. 05 JUN 1922

Events

  • Marriage
    Date: 05 OCT 1940, Age: 22y, 2m, 15d
    Place: Bryan, Williams, Ohio, USA
  • Divorce
    Date: 10 MAY 1946, Age: 27y, 9m, 20d
    Place: Kent, Michigan, USA

📰 Event Sources

Birth, 20 JUL 1918

  • U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

Death, 18 APR 1977

  • The Grand Rapids Press - 19 Apr 1977, page D1

PETERSON - Walter L. Peterson, aged 58 of 159 Spears SW, former employee of VanEss Pipeline Company, passed away early Monday morning in Blodgett Memorial Medical Center. Surviving are his wife, Marie; two sons, and one daughter, William and Mrs. Edward (Barbara) Jewell both of Grand Rapids, Walter B. Peterson Jr. of Dorr, three grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday afternoon 1:30 Zaagman Memorial Chapel. Interment will be at the Greenwood Cemetery. The family will be at the chapel Tuesday evening 7 to 9, Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

  • Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996

Name: Walter L Peterson
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1918
Death Date: 18 Apr 1977
Gender: Male
Residence: Byron, Kent, Michigan
Place of Death: East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Walter Peterson
Last Residence: 49508 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Born: 20 Jul 1918
Last Benefit: 49508 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States of America
Died: Apr 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)

Burial

Marriage, 05 OCT 1940

  • Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993

Groom: Walter Peterson
Age: 22
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1918
Birth Place: Alto, Mich
Residence: Wayland, Mich
Occupation: Laborer
Father: Julius Peterson
Mother: Clara Jacobson
Previous marriages: no
Bride: Beatrice Metzger
Age: 21
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1919
Birth Place: Moline, Mich
Residence: Bryan, Williams County, Ohio
Occupation: Domestic
Father: Ralph Metzger
Mother: Bessie Kobel
Previous marriages: no

Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1940

Divorce, 10 MAY 1946

  • Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952

Name: Walter L Peterson
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1940
Marriage Place: Bryan, Ohio
Decree Date: 10 May 1946
Decree Place: Kent, Michigan, USA
Spouse Name: Beatrice M Peterson
State File Number: 41 13366
Docket Number: 8997
Number of Children: 1
Divorce Status: Granted

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