Margaret Peterson

WEBSTER: Margaret “Marge” Peterson 98, of Webster, died on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Sun Dial Manor in Bristol. Her funeral will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Webster, Rev. Daniel Ostercamp officiating. Burial will be in the Webster Cemetery. Visitation will be at Fiksdal Funeral Service (fiksdalfuneral.com) in Webster on Tuesday 4-7 P.M. and prior to services at the church. Margaret Anna Hay was born on Tuesday, January 17, 1911 to David Walter and Lena (Seide) Hay in Mission Hill South Dakota. At the age of five, Marjorie (or Marge) moved with her family to Pierpont South Dakota where she attended school, graduating from high school in 1928. She was baptized and received into the First Presbyterian Church upon confession of faith January 4, 1925 in Pierpont and was confirmed in an adult confirmation class at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Bristol on May 24, 1942. In 1929 she moved to Bristol with her parents where she worked in her father’s business, Hay’s Trail Café. On November 21, 1932, Marjorie married Peter “Pete” Peterson of Webster at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls South Dakota. They lived in Bristol and various other towns in South Dakota and Minnesota while her husband was employed by the Milwaukee Railroad until 1946 when her husband and father started Peterson & Hay, an appliance business in Bristol which soon expanded to an electrical, heating and plumbing business. In 1954 they moved the business to Webster. In 1975 they sold part of the business and the remainder in 1976, after 30 years. Then they were able to retire, spending winters in Mesa AZ until 1987. Pete passed away in January 1996. After his death she remained in her own home until she entered Sun Dial Manor in Bristol in July 2005. She was a long time member of St John’s Lutheran Church in Webster SD since 1954 and an active member of Circles and WELCA. While in business, she was a member of the SD Association of Plumbing, Heating-Cooling Contractors (SDAPHCC) Auxiliary and was elected the State Treasurer in 1976. Marge passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2009, with Judy and Sidney at her side, at the age of 98 years, 6 months and 8 days. Survivors include her loving and devoted daughter and son-in-law Judy Fay and Sidney Newman of Bloomington MN; two grandchildren Maleah Newman of Burnsville MN and Michael Newman currently in Kuwait; two great grandchildren L’Ron and Kiana Newman; cousins; nieces and nephews including Dr Richard Link of Essexville MI. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; sister Irma Link and infant brother Roy Hay