JoAnne C. Peterson

JoAnne was born May 27, 1933, in Faribault Co., MN, the daughter of Maynard and Josephine (Sabin) Holmseth. She was raised and educated in Frost where she was a 1951 graduate of Frost High School. She received her Normal Training at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa and began teaching. She taught in rural schools in northern Iowa at Lakota, Iowa and in Winnebago, MN. She was married to Paul Peterson on December 22, 1956 at South Blue Earth Lutheran Church. The couple moved to their farm in 1957 where they raised their three daughters. Through the years she had continued her education and earned a Bachelors Degree in Education from Minnesota State University. In 1970, Jo Anne began teaching at the Blue Earth Elementary school and continued until her retirement in 1992. JoAnne was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and of the former Christian Womens Club. She loved to read, travel, doo puzzles and any family gathering, especially school and sporting events involving her grandchildren. JoAnne is survived by her husband, Paul Peterson of Blue Earth, her daughter, Carol (& Steve) Yaggy of Rochester and their children, Jordan & Kristin Yaggy, her daughter, Kristin Pirsig (David Pirsig) of Blue Earth, and her children, Emilie, Hayley, Jonah, & Whitney Pirsing. She is also survived by her brother, Bill Holmseth of OshKosh, Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by her parent, a daughter- Beth Peterson, and two brothers, Robert Blackie Holmseth and Merrill Holmseth Memorials are prefered to the Alzheimers Research Department at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.