Obituary: Jimmie Peterson

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A memorial service for Jimmie D. Peterson Sr., 82, of Milledgeville, Ill., formerly of the Quad Cities, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Runge Mortuary, Davenport. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service on Friday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport.

Mr. Peterson died Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

Jimmie Peterson was born June 24, 1936, in Ames, the son of Floyd and Sylvia (Halterman) Peterson.

He married Barbara Mooney on Nov. 15, 1958. She died Aug. 28, 2003. He later married Gini Real on July 6, 2006, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

He was employed at the John Deere Foundry, retiring in 1987 after 29 years of service.

His hobbies were traveling, enjoying country music, and woodworking.

Survivors include his wife Gini; his children, Debbie Graham, Cordova, Ill., Cindy (Randy) Lemons, Fort Towson, Okla., Jim Peterson Jr., Hampton, Ill., Marcel (Liz) Hutchison and Malynda Last, all of Milledgeville, and Domonique (Alan) Beck, Chadwick, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a sister, Juanita Fry, and a brother, Larry Peterson.

Memorials may be made to Rock River Hospice Home or the Volunteer Milledgeville Fire Department/Ambulance.

Online condolences may be made at www.rungemortuary.com.   

Jimmie Peterson, Runge Mortuary, obituary

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