1940 Collinwood Twp Census p. 7B lines 79-80, p. 8A lines 1-5, age 22
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Name: Karl Vincent Peterson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Meeker
Birth Date: 23 May 1917
Residence Place: Dassel, Meeker, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: 1940-1947
Employer: Herman Peterson
Weight: 165
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Herman Peterson
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Name: Karl Vincent Peterson Birth Date: 23 May 1917 Death Date: 3 Jul1996 Death County: McLeod Mother's Maiden Name: Bollman Certificate Number: 019583 Certificate Year: 1996 Record Number: 2711556
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Karl Peterson, 79, COKATO
Karl V. Peterson, 79, formerly of St. Cloud and Dassel, died Wednesday at Burns Manor Nursing Home, Hutchinson. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Dassel. The Rev. Scott Geister-Jones will officiate. Burial will be in the Steelsville Cemetery, Dassel. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home, Dassel.
Karl Peterson was born May 23, 1917, in Dassel to Herman and Ruth (Bollman) Peterson. He married Dorine Corkins on April 5, 1941, on the Peterson farm near Dassel. They lived and farmed south of Dassel until 1947 when they moved to St. Cloud. He was employed by NSP until his retirement in 1981 when they moved back to the family farm near Dassel. They moved to Cokato in 1991. He was a member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Dassel, and while living in St. Cloud, he was a member of Salem Lutheran Church and volunteered with a Boy Scout troop.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Alan, Maple Grove; Douglas, Dassel; Gary, Buffalo, Wyo.; brother and sister, Bernard, Dassel; Marie Rick, Litchfield; and four grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one grandson.
St. Cloud Times July 4, 1996 Thursday
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Family Members
Parents • Herman Hilding Peterson
1891–1984
• Ruth Mathilda Bollman Peterson
1895–1944
Spouse • Dorine Clarice Corkins Peterson
1919–2005
Siblings • Bernard Franklin Peterson
1927–2015