He graduated from high school in Minnesota. He moved to Boulder from Chicago in 1952. He was an avid hunter, collected and refurbished cars and collected coins. He was preceded in death by a sister. No services were scheduled.
Cremation is planned.
Crist Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. She was 74. She married Richard Peterson in 1947, in Michigan City. They divorced in 1971. Mrs. Peterson graduated from Isaac C. Elston High School in Michigan City in 1944.