Ellen L. Peterson

On Aug. 25, 2018, Ellen L. Peterson went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, at the age of 80, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash. Ellen was a resident of Aberdeen for the past 43 years.

Ellen Louise Peterson was born on Feb. 12, 1938, in Seattle, Wash., to Carl and Dorothy (Bruhns) Rafert. She graduated from West Seattle High School, Concordia Junior College in Portland, Ore., and earned a BA degree in education from Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Ill. She taught elementary grades in St. Louis, Mo. and in Merrill, Wis.

On June 10, 1962, she married Richard J. (“Pete”) Peterson. In 1964, they moved to Blythe, Calif., where he served as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church. Their daughters, Renee and Rebecca, were born in California and accompanied their parents to Scappoose, Ore., in 1968 and then to Aberdeen, Wash., in 1975.

For more than 42 years, Ellen spent time on Wednesday mornings with ladies from Calvary Lutheran Church studying the Bible and being of support of each other. She also served in other capacities at Calvary — working with children in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and Awana, along with being on committees and boards.

In 1980, Ellen and “Pete” began 30 years of leading travel groups, accompanying new friends to Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany, and much of Western Europe, and to the Holy Land (including Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Greece and Rome). In 1985, she began working at Durney/Journey Travel, and continued to visit

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