Jennie M. Miller Peterson
The Payette Independent
Thursday, January 21, 1926
Jennie M. Miller was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2nd, 1867: In 1881 she moved with her family to Mandan, North Dakota, where she graduated from high school, and where, on November 27, 1900, she was married to I. E. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson moved to Devil's Lake, North Dakota in 1905, coming to Payette with their son Everett, in 1909. Mrs. Peterson was a woman who soon made her presence felt in the community where she made her home. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of the P. E. O. and of the Order of the Eastern Star, as well as of the Portia Club. An accomplished musician, she conducted a very successful, and , to her pupils, most profitable music class, until ill health forced her to relinquish it. She was a prominent social leader, forming many close friendships, and what is rare of any in her position, making no enemies. Besides her grief stricken husband, Mrs. Peterson is survived by one son Everett.
When about three years ago, Mrs. Peterson's condition first became serious, her husband took her to the Mayo Brothers Hospital, for treatment. She returned apparently much improved in health, but has since then been to Rochester twice. It was at the Mayo Hospital that she passed away on January 14, 1926. Mrs. Peterson is survived by her grief stricken husband, one son, Everett, who is in his senior year at Berkeley College, California, and one brother, Mr. Miller of Mandan, North Dakota. It is in those mourner that our sympathies go out with heart felt sorrow. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Thomas Ashworth at St. James Church on Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in Riverside cemetery.
Payette Enterprise (January 21, 1926)
MRS. L. E. PETERSON
The message received on last Wednesday evening from Rochester, Minnesota, conveying the sad news of the death of Mrs. L. E. Peterson while not altogether unexpected, was a shock to many friends and cast a shadow of gloom over the entire community. It was the hope of her many friends that her visit to the Mayo Hospital would terminate in her permanent recovery. In her affliction, there was nothing spared to bring relief, this being the third trip to Rochester, where she was given the attention of the most skillful physicians, but her passing from this life seemed to be her only relief.
Mrs. Peterson was a woman of high character, kind in her disposition and truly loved by a host of warm friends, who will keenly feel their loss in this community.
Her body was brought back to Payette accompanied by Mr. Peterson where the funeral was held from the Episcopal Church Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. Thomas Ashworth officiating. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery.
Jennie M. Miller was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2, 1877, and died at Rochester, Minnesota, January 14, 1926.
When four years of age, moved with her parents to Mandan, North Dakota, where she grew to womanhood and graduated from the High School at that place, and where she was united in marriage to L. E. Peterson on November 27, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson continued to live at Mandan until 1905 when they moved to Devils Lake, North Dakota, and in 1909 came to Payette.
She is survived by her husband, and one son, Everett Peterson, who will graduate this year from the University of California, and who was also present at the funeral. She is also survived by one brother, E. W. Miller of Mandan, North Dakota, who with his wife on receiving the sad message came to Payette, joining Mr. Peterson at Pocatello, and will remain here during the winter.
