VIRGINIA A. PETERSEN, 76, of Atlantic (& formerly of the Brayton area), died Mon., Oct. 8th, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Funeral services for VIRGINIA PETERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Oct. 10th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins at 5-pm Tue., Oct. 9th.

Burial will be in the Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery, in Hamlin.

VIRGINIA PETERSEN is survived by:

Her children – Melvin Petersen, Jr. & wife Linda and Rodney (Mona) Petersen, all of Atlantic; Dave (Jodi) Petersen, and Larry (Audrey) Petersen, all of Audubon; Judy (Bill) Sandbothe, of Marne, and Dennis Petersen, of Exira.

Her brother – Carl Swolley, Jr., of Mission, TX.

44 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandson, her sister and brother-in law, other relatives, and friends.