LORENA CLEMENTINA ROUSSEAU, daughter of Louis C. Rousseau and Claricy E. Zenor, was born on December 4, 1867 in Hennipin, Illinois. She died on March 6, 1962 in Waukegan, Illinois. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
Lorena Clementina Rousseau married William A. Peterson on December 23, 1891.
Children of Lorena Clementina Rousseau and William A. Peterson are:
1. Vivian Albertus Peterson, born October 26, 1892, died September 9, 1966.
2. Faye Peterson, born October 21, 1894, died ?, married Mr. Hoffman.
3. Florence Peterson, married Mr. Van Orden.
4. William W. Peterson, d. 1961.
5. John R. Peterson
Mrs. Lorena C. Peterson, 94, of 421 Franklin St., Waukegan, died last night in Victory Memorial Hospital. She had been ill three days.
She was born December 4, 1867, in Hennepin, lived in Chicago for many years and moved to Waukegan in 1952.
Her husband, William A., who died in May 1941, was a cattle broker at the Chicago Stock Yards for 41 years. He was a brother of Frank I. Peterson of Waukegan, former owner of a Waukegan funeral home.
Mrs. Peterson was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, its St. Catherine's Guild and Chapter AP of the PEO.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fay Hoffman of Waukegan, with whom she had been living, and Mrs. Florence Van Orden of New Haven, Conn.; two sons, Rev. Vivian A. of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rev. John R. of Grand Rapids, Mich., both Episcopal clergymen; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Also surviving are a brother, A. V. D. Rousseau of Humble, Tex., and a sister, Mrs. Mae Webb of Houston, Texas.
Mrs. Peterson also was preceded in death by a son, Army Col. William W. in 1961, and a granddaughter, Mary Louise Hoffman in 1924.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Christ Episcopal Church with Mrs. Peterson's sons officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Chicago.
Friends may call at the funeral home, 408 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan, after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Memorial funds have been established at Christ Church and at St. Gregory's Priory, Three Rivers, Mich.
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