Evelyn Petersen
June 8, 1920 ~ March 11, 2010
Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Luce Funeral Home in Faulkton. Burial will be held at a later date in the Faulkton Cemetery. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Evelyn Gertrude Petersen was born June 8, 1920 to Marius “Mike” and Anna (Hansen) Petersen in Faulkton, South Dakota. The family lived in the Faulkton, Wecota and Norbeck areas until 1926 when they moved to the Loyalton community. She graduated from Loyalton High School in 1938.
Evelyn was appointed the Postmaster in Loyalton, South Dakota on July 1, 1941 and served there for 33 years before transferring to Wecota, South Dakota where she served for three years before retiring on January 2, 1976. She also served as the Loyalton town clerk and treasurer at different times.
She is survived by two nieces: Candyce Holloway of Alaska and Agnes Barber of Arizona, and a host of special friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with Evelyn's arrangements.
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Norman Hettich
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Faulkton Cemetery
Faulkton, South Dakota
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Enjoyed days spent with Evy when I was in her field. She was such a joy and always fed us with something spiritual.
Thinking of you. Thankful it was my privilege to know Evie when I was in your area. Glad to think of her race being run and her goal attained with victory.
With sympathy, Sharon Williams
Dear Friends of Evelyn,
I have known Evelyn for some time and taking care of her at Faulkton was a treat. She was likeing to keep track of friends at Ipswich etc. She was a caring person and she seriously love the Lord. I feel fortunate to have been able to care for her.
Regina Breitling,Nurse @ Faulkton Health care.
My memories of Evie go back to my childhood (1950’s). Remember going to the Post Office, of course. She was ever and always so cheerful and nice! Remember going to Rhyllis Sylte’s bridal shower at her house when Jocelyn and I were very young — we thought we were so grown up to be included! Then a few years before she moved out of her house, I was home visiting my family and she invited Mom (Leta) and I to her home on a Sunday afternoon. I left a note for Dad that we were going to her house for “tea and crumpets” which, of course, was coffee and pie! This is a bit long, but such fond memories. End of an era.