Trae Daniel Peterson, age 13 of Shakopee, formerly of Waseca, died on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota.Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 10th at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca with Pastor Roger Haug. Interment will be in the Woodville Cemetery, Waseca.Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at McRaith Funeral Home in Waseca, and will continue on Thursday morning for one hour prior to services, at church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Memorials can be sent to: TRAE PETERSON MEMORIAL FUND at the Roundbank, 200 2nd St. NE, Waseca, MN 56093.Trae Daniel was born on October 27, 1994 in Waseca, Minnesota to Monica Peterson and Chris Roberts. Trae attended school in Waseca, and had finished third grade before moving to Mankato. He attended Mankato schools until 2007 when he and his mom moved to Shakopee where he was currently a 7th grader at Shakopee Middle School. Trae loved baseball and was active in youth leagues both in Waseca and Mankato. He also enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing, and snowboarding.He is survived by his mother, Monica Peterson of Shakopee, and his father Chris (Angie) Roberts of Prior Lake; by his half brother, Owen Roberts of Prior Lake; by his maternal grandparents, Dan (Sandy) Peterson of Morristown, and Karen Peterson of Owatonna, and his paternal grandparents, Rick (Ranae) Roberts of Waseca and Barb (Larry) Mentzer of San Antonio, TX; by his great-grandparents, his many aunts and uncles and cousins, and by many friends.
This obituary was originally published in the Mankato Free Press.