Ronald William Peterson

CLEAR LAKE - Ronald William Peterson, 74, of Clear Lake, died Saturday (Aug. 21, 2010) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A celebration and remembrance service for Ronald will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at the Zion Lutheran Church, 112 North Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating. Inurnment will be in the Grafton Cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time on Monday at the church.
The family would like to suggest that those wishing to give a memorial in his memory, please consider memorial contributions to the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
Ronald William Peterson was born on Jan. 13, 1936, in Armstrong, the son of George and Hazel (Lytle) Peterson. Ron received his education in the Armstrong Community Schools, graduating from Armstrong High School. In 1965, Ron graduated from North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City with a refrigeration degree.
He was united in marriage to Phyllis Hartwig on Aug. 28, 1965, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. The family moved to Lacrosse, Wis.,. where Ron began working in the research and development area for Trane Heating and Cooling. Ron retired after 30 years with the company, moving to Las Vegas, Nev., where he did volunteer work for Sun City Security before moving to Clear Lake in 2006.
Ron had a passion for fun, and tried every sport, riding his motorcycle, especially Honda Gold Wings, trading vintage cars and looking at vintage car magazines, RVs, snowmobiles, reading, watching old Western movies, FOX News, and painting art- work. Ron was a very gentle person at heart, and was very devoted to his family and grandchildren.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Onalaska, Wis., St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, and attended Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Phyllis Peterson, of Clear Lake; children, Brad (Patti) Peterson of Mason City, and Dana LeMay and special friend, Gene Schelest, of Tustin, Calif; five grandchildren, Matt, Abbey, Whitney, and Andy Peterson, and Tyler LeMay; his mother-in-law, Irene Hartwig, of the Manly Nursing Home; his brother-in-law, Jim (Shirley) Hartwig of Farmington, Minn.; his sister-in-law, Helen Peterson of Armstrong; many nieces and nephews; as well as many extended family members and friends.
Ron was preceded in death by his parents; son, Steve Peterson, infant brother and brother, Bob Peterson, and father-in-law, Morley Hartwig.
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