Lawrence Peterson

Lawrence S. "Baldy" Peterson, age 93, of Elsie, Michigan died Friday, November 12th, 2010 at Welcome Home Adult Foster Care.
Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Monday, November 15th at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Edwin Snook will officiate. Burial will take place at Union Home Cemetery, St. Johns, Michigan.

Visitation will be held on Saturday 6-8 P.M. and on Sunday, November 14, 2010 2-8 with family present 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel.

Baldy was born in Elsie, Michigan on November 4, 1917, the son Earl and Ada (Smith) Peterson. He graduated from Elsie High School with the class of 1936.
On April 28, 1956 married Ethel A. Sutfin in Angola, Indiana, Ethel died on April 1, 1998. He served his country in the US Army during W.W.II. Baldy retired from Midland Ross in Owosso in 1979 and resided most of his life in Elsie, and was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post #502, and VFW Post 4113 of St. Johns.

Survivors include his daughter Barbara and Larry Salters of Ovid, MI; 6 sons Eugene Peterson of Owosso, MI; Benjamin and Maria Peterson of Radcliff, KY; James and Irene Peck, Merrill, MI; Robert Peck, Big Sandy, Texas; Bill & Carol Peck, Arizonia, Duane Harris, Flint, Michigan. 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 3 gr. gr. grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife, 1 son, 1 sister, 2 brothers.

Memorials may be made to Elsie United Methodist Church or American Heart Association.
Online condolences can be sent to www.smithfamilyfuneralhomes.com The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, Michigan.

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