PETERSON, Franklin Alfred


The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, April 5, 1972 Franklin A. Peterson Franklin Alfred Peterson, 51, of 537 Ellenwood Drive, died Sunday in Prescott. Born Sept. 11, 1920, at Sopris, Colo., he had resided for Prescott for two weeks, coming from Sacramento, Calif. He had been a safety supervisor for a large trucking company and had been an Air Force Pilot during World War II and the Korean conflict. Survivors include his widow, Wilma, of Prescott; four daughters, Mrs. Rowan E. Rhodd, of Sacramento, and Zane, Sabrina and Harnell, all of the home. Also surviving is his mother, Mrs. Sybil Peterson of Prescott and two grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Ruffner Funeral Home with Patriarch Merle Allen of the L.D.S. Church and Chaplin William Eaton of Whipple Veterans Administration Center officiating. Burial will be at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery with full military rites. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the educational trust fund set up for the minor children. Donations may be sent to the Wilma J. Peterson Educational Fund, First National Bank, P.O. Box 871, Prescott.

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