Peterson-DeCrane Vows
   Spoken in Rock Island

   In a ceremony performed at high noon yesterday in Gloria Dei United Presbyterian church, Rock Island, Mrs. -Betty DeCrane, daughter of Mrs. Ina Nimrick, 4506 Eighth street, Rock Island, became the bride of Laverne Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peterson, Campbell's island.
   The Rev. Verne V. Wortman, pastor, officiated. The couple was attended by Miss Donna Nimrick, Rock Island, sister of the bride, and Ralph Peterson, Moline, brother of the bridegroom,
   The bride wore a palm-green suit with black accessories and a corsage of white pompons. The maid of honor was in a gray suit with -black accessories. Her flowers were yellow pompons.
   A wedding dinner was held at the Nimrick home following the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are living in Rock Island.
   The bride attended Sherrard high school. Mr. Peterson attended East Moline schools and is employed by the Burns Construction company.

[The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, IL, 20 Oct 1947, Mon. Page 10]
 

Laverne Peterson, 84, of rural Cambridge [IL], died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
   Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. The Rev. John Eisfelder will officiate

  . Burial will be at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, with military services by the Colona American Legion. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Laverne Peterson Memorial Fund.
   Laverne was born May 14, 1924, in rural Lynn Center, the son of Raymond and Signe Larson Peterson. He was educated in Galva schools. Laverne was in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in the European Theatre. His marriage to Betty Nimrick took place on Oct. 19, 1947, in Rock Island. She died on May 16, 2006.
   Laverne spent several years as  heavy equipment operator for Marlin Laity in Silvis. He then started his own heavy equipment/trucking business, which he operated until retiring in 2007.
   His hobbies were traveling, fishing, and enjoying each day for what it had to offer. He was a member of the Bishop Hill Community United Methodist Church, the Colona American Legion Post 1233, and the International Operating Engineers.
   Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Dyann and Dave Roby, Muscatine, Iowa, Barb and Brad VanDeVeire, Cambridge, and Sharon and Gail Wexell, Bishop Hill. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren. Other relatives surviving are two sisters, Margaret Zimmerman, Colona, Dorothy Mahaffey, Hannibal, Mo.; a half-sister, Linda Peterson, Moline; and a half-brother, William Peterson, Moline. His parents, a sister, and four brothers preceded him in death.

[courtesy of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services]

(courtesy of
Trimble Funeral Homes)

 Grave marker for Laverne Peterson in Plot W, Site 108 of the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island (Rock Island County), Illinois.

Laverne registered for the draft in Moline, Rock Island, IL on 29 June 1942 and was inducted into the Army at Peoria, IL on Feb 16, 1943.