Tommy D. Peterson

Tommy D. Peterson, age

61, of Wahpeton, ND

passed away Sunday, July

5, 2020, at St. Francis

Hospital in Breckenridge,

MN.

Visitation will be held

on Thursday, July 9, 2020,

from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM,

followed by a prayer ser-

vice at 7:00 PM at

Vertin-Munson Funeral

Home. Visitation will con-

tinue on Friday, July 10,

2020, from 1:30 PM to

2:30 PM followed by his

funeral service at 2:30 PM

at Trinity Lutheran

Church in Great Bend,

ND. Pastor Brock Schmel-

ing will officiate the ser-

vice. Burial will be at

Trinity Lutheran

Cemetery in Great Bend.

Arrangements have been

entrusted to

Vertin-Munson Funeral

Home, Wahpeton.

Tommy Dean Peterson

was born in Anacortes,

Washington, on February

11, 1959. He was the

eighth of nine children

born to Kenneth “Cap”

and Evangeline (Wolk-

enhauer) Peterson. He

was baptized on April 5th,

1959 at Faith Lutheran

Church in Anacortes.

The family moved to

Billings, Montana in 1961

when his father was

transferred with the rail-

road. Tom’s father passed

away in 1962, leaving a

wife and children ranging

in ages from 1 year to 19

years old. The family re-

turned to Flaxton, ND,

where the older children

were born.

Tom was a member of

St. Paul Lutheran Church

in Flaxton. He was con-

firmed in 1973. After at-

tending several years of

grade school at Flaxton,

he went to Burke County

Central School in Lignite,

ND. He was active in

sports; playing basketball,

baseball, and track. He

graduated in 1977.

After graduating, Tom

enlisted in the United

States Army in 1980. He

was stationed at Fort Leo-

nard Wood, MO, and Fort

Riley Kansas. He did a

brief tour of duty overseas

and was stationed at Tong

Du Chon, South Korea. He

was discharged in 1983;

but continued to serve in

the Army National Guard

in the 164th Engineer

Company. He did several

summer tours in Hon-

duras and Jamaica. He left

the Guard in the fall of

1991 when his unit in

Washburn, ND merged

with Hazen, thus making

his monthly commute 300

miles each direction.

Tom married Terry

Bohn on November 24,

1990 at Trinity Lutheran

Church in Great Bend.

They made their home

near Wahpeton with their

children Brian (son of

Tom and Okhui (Lee)

Peterson); Tristan, Nicole,

and Kalen. He was a

member of Trinity and

elder of 1st English. Tom

spent the last 27 years

employed at Primewood.

He enjoyed hunting, fish-

ing, camping, going to

classic car shows, and

spending time with family

and friends.

Tom was preceded in

death by: his parents,

Kenneth and Evangeline

Peterson; father-in-law,

Lowell Bohn; brothers,

Larry and Kelley Peterson;

sister-in-law, Rose;

brother-in-law Johnny

Agrelo; nieces; Connie

Weaver and Pam Agrelo;

great-niece, Tiarra

Metcalf; 5, uncles; 3,

aunts; and several

cousins.

He is survived by: his

loving wife, Terry; sons,

Brian and Kalen;

daughters, Tristian

(Wyatt) Lovgren and

Nicole; mother-in-law, Pat

Bohn; brothers, Kenneth

(O’ane) Peterson, Jimmy

Peterson, Sandford (In-

soon) Peterson and Danny

(Lynell) Peterson; sisters,

Lucille Agrelo, and Sylvia

(Jim) Weaver;

brothers-in-law, Bryan

Bohn, Mark (Donna)

Bohn, and Matt (Sheila)

Bohn; aunts, Marie Jacob-

son and Ruth Grant; 28

nieces and nephews; 28

great-nieces and nephews;

a granddaughter due in

November; and several

cousins.