John Peterson

John Peterson, 80, of Carmel, died Monday after an extended illness. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Wilma Edmonds Peterson. Other immediate survivors are daughter Peggy Peterson, of Washington, D.C.; son and daughter-in-law J. Robert and Nancy Peterson of Carmel; and grandchildren Gretchen, David, and Sarah. Mr. Peterson was a member of Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, where he was a trustee and treasurer. He was a volunteer at Carmel St. Vincent Hospital, a member of Carmel Golden K Kiwanis Club, a member of the Carroll F. Clapp Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of Warren, Ohio, and a 32nd degree member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Valley of Youngstown, Ohio. He was born October 25, 1926, to John and Anna Peterson in Youngstown. He had a career in Ohio as a radio and television broadcaster and sportscaster and as a certified life underwriter. His last position before retirement was risk manager at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Warren, Ohio. A veteran of the United States Navy, he served from 1945 to 1947 as a naval air transport officer and radioman. He was assigned to the Sand Point Naval Air Station in Seattle, WA, and fl...[more]

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on numerous cargo flights in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. In 1947, Mr. Peterson was a member of the search-and-recovery climb to locate a Marine transport plane that had crashed on Mt. Rainier. After his discharge, he was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserves through 1952. Calling hours are from 6 to 8 pm this evening at the Leppert Mortuary Smith Carmel Chapel, 900 Rangeline Road, Carmel. A service will be held Friday, August 31, at 10 a.m. at Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, 1605 East 106th Street, Indianapolis. A calling hour will precede the service from 9 to 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to Orchard Park Presbyterian Church and/or Carmel Golden K Kiwanis Club. The family would also like to thank the personnel at St. Vincent Hospital on 86th Street, Indianapolis, who contributed to his care during his illness.