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Beverly Jean Peterson

Beverly Jean Peterson, 85 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on November 9, 2020 at Crook County Long Term Care. Beverly was born on July 3, 1935, to Orville Lincoln and Evelyn (Summers) Lincoln Edwards at Beulah, Wyoming. She attended three years of school at Beulah, then moved with her parents to Sundance and graduated from Sundance High School in 1953.

Beverly married George Peterson on May 9, 1954, at Sundance Methodist Church. One son, Dallas, was born to the couple on July 21, 1956.

George and Beverly ran the Peterson Gas Company from 1965 to 1996, where she was the bookkeeper. Beverly was a member of the Rebekah Lodge #29 for many years and a member of the Sundance Methodist Church.

Survivors include her sisters, Shirley (Larry) Beagle and Delores Broadway, both of Rapid City, South Dakota and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Orville Lincoln; stepfather, Noel Edwards; husband, George Peterson; son, Dallas Peterson; and her mother, Evelyn Edwards.

A memorial has been established in Beverly’s name for the Sundance United Methodist Church; donations can be sent to PO Box 265, Sundance, WY 82729.

 
 
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