Jerry V. Peterson died March 21, 1994 at the Utah University Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1942 to Vernal E. and Hazel Loveday Peterson in Montpelier. He graduated from Montpelier High School and then went on a mission for the LDS Church to England. Jerry graduated from Idaho State University. After his marriage he took up residency in Salt Lake City. He is survived by four sons. A viewing was held at the Wasatch Lawn Mortuary and the funeral was held at the Springtree Ward in Salt Lake City. Burial was in the Montpelier Cemetery on March 26.
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Larry Rigby (1960)
When Jerry moved from Kemmerer Wyoming to Montpelier to attend high school we met in Louise Adams type class and became best friends. I liked how crazy he was and always willing to have a tremendous amount of fun and adventure. After our missions we lived together while attending State University and dated a wide variety of girls. The summer after graduation we both married and Jerry taught school in Blackfoot Idaho and I went on to graduate school at BYU, t the University of Kansas and John's Hopkins. We stayed in touch by writing letters and talking on the telephone. A couple of times he visited me in Lawrence Kansas. After a couple of years he developed a deadly brain tumor and miraculously survived it after a long and difficult surgery followed by extensive radiation therapy. Some years later he was in a head-on collision in Sardine Canyon but miraculously survived that only to acquire an infection from the finger of a surgical glove left in his chest by the ER doctor in Brigham City who inserted a chest tube immediately after the car accident. After a long struggle to overcome the infection, he succumbed. I had the sad honor of speaking at his funeral service.Jerry has four wonderful sons who are successful in life.
He often joked that he wanted me to be a member of his family and even designated a cousin of his whom i should marry. Ironically I met her, fell deeply in love, and married her. This year Nancy Aland and I celebrate our golden wedding anniversary. I have to believe that Jerry is pleased with his matchmaking.
I was so sad when my good friend died. And I cherish to this day the many wild and fun times we had together.