Margaret Ann Peterson

Margaret Peterson age 83 of Tracy, MN died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the PrairieView Healthcare Center in Tracy. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Tracy Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Friday, May30, 2014, also held at Tracy Lutheran Church. A luncheon will be served following the service on Saturday in the church social hall. Interment will be at a later date in the Tracy City Cemetery. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. The family requests that memorials be given to either the Tracy Area Education Foundation or to the Tracy Area Medical Foundation. Margaret Ann Peterson was born May 18, 1931 to Ruben and Doris (Froshaug) Anderson in Madison, MN, Lac Qui Parle County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Faith Lutheran Church in Madison. She grew up on a farm near Madison, but attended Dawson Public Schools. Margaret was active in the 4-H program, sang in the school choir, and played trombone in the high school band. She was a National Honor Society student and attended the first ever Girl's State. After her graduation in 1949, Margaret attended Concordia College where she played in the college band and graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. She started her first teaching position in Sauk Rapids, MN shortly after college and then went on to teach English in Kenyon, MN. It was while teaching here that she met her future husband. On June 8, 1958, Margaret married Clinton Peterson at Faith Lutheran Church in Madison. They made their home in Kenyon and in 1960 they moved to Tracy, MN. Margaret will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and as a great English teacher to many at Tracy high school. Margaret was a member of Tracy Lutheran Church and was active over the years in Circle, as well as, serving as a Sunday School teacher, Bible School teacher, communion server and as a member of the choir. She loved to read, especially to her children and grandchildren, enjoyed traveling, and listening to music, but her true love was spending time with her family. On Friday, May 16 Margaret became a resident of the Prairie View Senior Living in Tracy, where she died, Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the age of 83. Margaret is survived by her husband, Clinton Peterson of Tracy, MN; one daughter, Mary (David) Miller of Manzanolla, CO; two sons, David (Kathy) Peterson of New Hope, MN and Mark (Anita) Peterson of Shakopee, MN; four grandchildren, Ben, Holly, Olivia and Isaiah Peterson; three special cousins; many nieces, nephews and friends. Her parents, Ruben and Doris Anderson, and sister-in-law, Sheila Peterson preceded her in death. Many years before her illness, Margaret made a decision to donate her remains to the Mayo Foundation for the further advancement of medical education. This gift of Margaret's continues her life's work of education. As a result the family requests that memorials be given in her honor to either the Tracy Area Education Foundation or to the Tracy Area Medical Foundation.