Show Funeral For lor Former County Agent Funeral services were held WednesdaY at 10 nm am in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel In Provo Prove for Erastus Peter Peter- Peterson Peterson son 80 who died Saturday Ina in ina a Provo hospital after surgery Mr Peterson was born borr Jan Jan- January uary 14 1883 ir aim Epin-aim Utah to Peter C and Anna C Petersen lie He was married to CornelIa Cornella Nell on September I 1 1910 In the Salt Lake Temple and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints MR MIL PETERSON graduated in 1909 1900 from the Agricultural College College- of Utah now In Logan and became a county agricultural agent He later moved to Vernal in 1923 where he was agricultural agent a and d later became ec the of the Alaskan I Experiment Station moving to Alaska lit in 1937 lIe He retired from his previous employ employ- employment employment ment in 1941 and entered the thereal thereal real estate business His survivors are arc his wid ow a son and three daughters Dr Clinton E B from East Len Lan sing Mich Mrs Vern Come Corne lia ha Saxton Idaho Falls Ida Ida- Idaho ho Mrs Ferrari Ferron Sytha Niel Niel- Nielson son Escondido Calif Mrs Don Elizabeth I Fairbanks Alaska 17 grand grand- grandchildren grandchildren children a brother Alton Los loos Angeles Calif three sisters Mrs Geneve Johnson Salt Lake City Mrs Robert Myr tie tle Taylor Richfield Utah and Mrs Lee Elva Bracken of California Burial was In the Vernal City t Cemetery |