Adela E. Peterson 1910 - 2005

Adela E. Peterson, 94, 305 8th Ave. NE, Minot, ND, longtime South Prairie resident, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at Trinity Homes in Minot.

Adela Erna Knute was born on November 19, 1910, the daughter of Paul and Emma (Rathje) Knute in South Haven, Minnesota. She was the fourth of ten children. She was raised and educated in the South Haven area.

Adela married V. LeeRoy Peterson on June 26, 1946, in Sidney, Montana. LeeRoy passed away August 18, 1997.

Surviving family includes: grandsons, Kevin (Roxy) Kelly, Minot, and Dennis Kelly, Colorado; 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and several great-great grandchildren; sisters, Elsie Freimuth, Duluth, MN; and Marie Wurm, Monticello, MN; sisters-in-law, Pearl Knute, Annandale, MN, Helen Peterson, Minot, and Harriet Mikkelson, Minot; brother-in-law, Harold Pittman, Monticello, MN; son-in-law, John Kelly, Mesa, AZ; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Adela was preceded in death by her parents; husband, son, Vernon Storlie, daughter, Delores (Storlie) Kelly, granddaughter, Debra Jean (Nustad) Poharelou, and great-granddaughter, Christal Poharelou.

Funeral: Saturday, September 3, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. at Saron Lutheran Church, rural Minot, ND.

Interment: Saron Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Minot, ND.

Visitation: Friday from Noon until 5 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot

Officiant: Chaplain Luther Hanson - Trinity Homes Chaplain

Music: Processional Hymn: "In The Garden" (Insert)
Congregational Hymn: "Amazing Grace" #448
Recessional Hymn: "How Great Thou Art" #532
Claire Sys, Organist

Honorary Bearers: Adela's family and friends

Active Bearers: Marlyn Korslien, Wayne Peterson, Wilburt Schmidt, John Pietsch, G.G. Henne Alan Hulberg

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