Patricia “Pat” Peterson, 59, of Woonsocket, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center at Wessington Springs of liver and kidney disease.
The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Foothills Bible Fellowship Church at Wessington Springs with the Rev. Don Grubb officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery at Gann Valley. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the church with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Patricia Ann Uphoff was born Nov. 12, 1953, at Wessington Springs to Russell and Jacquelyn (Bridge) Uphoff. She attended school at Gann Valley and graduated from Wessington Springs High School in 1971.
She married Rickey Peterson May 21, 1976. They lived in Woonsocket where she ran a home daycare. She graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in behavorial sciences in 2004 and graduated from Huron University with a nursing degree. She worked in nursing at Chamberlain, Mitchell and Wessington Springs, especially with the elderly in nursing homes. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and canning. She loved painting and sewing.
She is survived by her husband; four children, Sherry (Brandon) Peterson-Luthi of Kansas, Allen of Woonsocket, Samantha (Corey Minor) Peterson of Alpena and Aric of Woonsocket; two brothers, Kelly (Linda) of Custer and Daniel (Mikell) of Sioux Falls; and a sister, Bonnie (Deach) Koch of Gann Valley.