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Marion Friends Cemetery ~ Elden Hans Petersen ~ part of the Marion County Cemeteries of Oregon
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Petersen, Elden Hans
LAST: Petersen FIRST: Elden MID: Hans
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 15 May 1915 DIED: 4 May 1940 BURIED: 7 May 1940
OCCUPATION:  Laborer
BIRTH PLACE:  Marion, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Louis Petersen
Maiden name of mother Kathleen Brown
OSBH DC (Marion County 1940) #423 – Eden Hans Petersen, male, single, laborer, b. 26 May 1916 in Marion, Oregon, d. 4 May 1940 in Salem, Oregon (Deaconess Hospital) at the age of 23 y’s 11 m’s 8 d’s, name of father Hans Tonis Petersen (b. Mason City, Iowa), maiden name of mother Katherine Brown (b. Louisville, Kentucky), interment 7 May at Marion, undertaker Walker-Howell, informant Mrs. Louis Petersen of Turner.
1930 OR CENSUS - Elden Petersen, age 14, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Louis, age 40, married at age 22, occupation railroad section foreman, b. Iowa, and Kathleen, age 38, married at age 20, b. Kentucky, along with Kenneth, age 16, Bert, age 13, John, age 11, Hershel, age 9, Hazel, age 7, Mary, age 5, Ella, age 3, and Ruby, age 6 months, all born in Oregon.
DISCREPANCY – name of mother given as Katherine on DC, but as Kathleen on census record.
OBITUARY: 
Youth Drowns As Car Upsets South of City.
Elden H. Petersen Dies Despite Efforts at Resuscitation.
Auto Goes Into Ditch in Vicinity of Fairview Home.
Two Escape.
Elden Hans Peterson, 24, of Turner, drowned while the automobile in which he was a passenger lay partly submerged in the ditch beside the highway near the Fairview Home about 10 o’clock Saturday night, it was reported by a state police officer who investigated.
Young Peterson was rushed to the Salem Deaconess hospital in the hospital ambulance and efforts to resuscitate him continued for more than an hour and one-half without avail. Passers-by at the scene of the accident had also tried artificial respiration and the young man appeared to be breathing shortly before he reached the hospital. Resuscitation attempts were continued until shortly before midnight.
Peterson was a passenger in an automobile driven by Charles Wirtanen, also of Turner. A third passenger was Ruth Goodman of Turner. They were on their way to Salem to attend a late show when the car got out of control, struck the culvert and toppled into the ditch, upside down.
Wirtanen and Miss Goodman extricated themselves and were not injured beyond cuts and bruises but it was some time before Peterson could be gotten out, it was reported. The state officer said bruises on his head were not severe but that he apparently had been knocked unconscious, as he was not pinned down. Young Peterson’s father is a section foreman at Turner. His mother reached the hospital while resuscitation was being tried. There are a number of other children in the family.

*OS 7 May 1940 5:1 Elden Petersen
Hans Petersen, late resident of Turner. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Petersen, six brothers and five sisters. Funeral services Tuesday, May 7, at 2 p.m., from the Walker & Howell Funeral home. Interment in Marion cemetery. Rev. William Watson will officiate.
Oregon Statesman 5 May 1940 1:5

Hans Petersen, late resident of Turner. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Petersen, six brothers and five sisters. Funeral services Tuesday, May 7, at 2 p.m., from the Walker & Howell Funeral home. Interment in Marion cemetery. Rev. William Watson will officiate.
Oregon Statesman 7 May 1940 5:1
INSCRIPTION: 
Elden
1915 – 1940
Petersen
(shares marker with Margie and Virgil)
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1940) #423 
Saucy
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Marion, ED 84, sheet 3A)
OS 5 May 1940 1:5
OS 7 May 1940 5:1
SPACE: 55  
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