Eugene Allen Peterson

1917 - 1961  (43 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Eugene Allen Peterson
  Birth	26 Dec 1917	South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 7 2 Henry J Peterson Head Male White abt 1890 30 Married Utah Denmark Denmark 8 2 Marvel A Peterson Wife Female White abt 1892 28 Married Utah England England 9 2 Mary G Peterson Daughter Female White abt 1912 8 Single Utah Utah Utah 10 2 Henry L Peterson Son Male White abt 1913 7 Single Utah Utah Utah 11 2 Leonard G Peterson Son Male White abt 1915 5 Single Utah Utah Utah 12 2 Eugene A Peterson Son Male White abt 1918 2 Single Utah Utah Utah 13 2 Deverl Peterson Son Male White abt 1920 0 Single Utah Utah Utah  Roll:  T625_186   Transcript ID is  dbid=6061&iid=4390424_00034
  Census	1930	South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 39 34 Henry J Peterson Head Male White abt 1891 39 Utah Denmark Denmark 40 34 Marvel A Peterson Wife Female White abt 1893 37 Utah England England 41 34 Mary D Peterson Daughter Female White abt 1911 19 Utah Utah Utah 42 34 Henry L Peterson Son Male White abt 1913 17 Utah Utah Utah 43 34 Eugene A Peterson Son Male White abt 1918 12 Utah Utah Utah 44 34 De Verl Peterson Son Male White abt 1920 10 Utah Utah Utah 45 34 Harold Peterson Son Male White abt 1922 8 Utah Utah Utah 46 34 Dorothy Peterson Daughter Female White abt 1924 6 Utah Utah Utah 47 34 Helen Peterson Daughter Female White abt 1927 3 Utah Utah Utah   Transcript ID is  dbid=6224&iid=4547396_00690
  Death	9 Sep 1961	Mountains East of Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
  Burial	12 Sep 1961	South Jordan Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	6 Jan 1967	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	KWJC-145
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  Person ID	i73	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry John Pedersen,   b. 9 Oct 1889, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 17 Nov 1961, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Marvel Alice Ray,   b. 10 May 1892, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 28 Feb 1990, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1910	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Notes	Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966 - Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M7431 6 - 7 , System Origin: Utah-EASy, GS Film number: 429076
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eugene Allen Peterson,   b. 26 Dec 1917, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 9 Sep 1961, Mountains East of Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1940	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Living + 2. Sharon Ann Peterson,   b. 21 Jan 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 2 Jun 2014, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States (Age 72 years)   3. Brent A Peterson   4. Peggy Carlene Peterson
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 26 Dec 1917 - South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Census - 1920 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Census - 1930 - South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Marriage - 10 Jun 1940 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death - 9 Sep 1961 - Mountains East of Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States Burial - 12 Sep 1961 - South Jordan Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 6 Jan 1967 - SLAKE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Peterson, Eugene A b1917
  		Peterson, Eugene A b1917 - Portrait

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Peterson, Eugene Allen Death Certificate
  		Peterson, Eugene A b1917 Military Enlistment Record
  		Peterson, Eugene A b1917 Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966

  
  

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  Peterson, Eugene A b1917

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: From Grace Whipple's genealogy sheets. Eugene Allen Pedersen was killed while Bow hunting in the Tooele mountai n s. A Flash Flood washed his Jeep over the cliff to fall 900 yards. It t oo k the Jeep Patrol and an airplane to find him. SOURCE: Death Certificates, State of Utah Obituary: TRUCK WRECK KILLS TWO BOW HUNTERS Pickup Plunges 300 Yards Down Steep Mountainside Bacchus - A half-day search for two missing Salt Lake County deer hunte r s climaxed Sunday at 1:20 p.m. when their broken bodies were found o n a m ountainside two miles west of Bacchus. The men apparently were killed Saturday when their four-wheel-drive pick u p truck tumbled 300 yards down the mountainside. The dead men were Calvin Reed Bartholomew, 37, 4320 S. 4000 West and Eug e ne Peterson, 43, 3157 W. 3100 South, both of Granger. They were the fir s t fatalities of the infant bow hunting season. The vehicle was torn to pieces as it plunged down the steep mountain o n t he south side of Coon Canyon. One body was about 25 yards from the largest part of the truck, and th e o ther another 25 yards up the mountainside. The wreckage was found by Sheriff's Deputies Pete Kutulas and Darrell Br a dy, who were operating with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Jeep Patrol. The patrol had 16 jeeps searching the Oquirrh Mountains from west of Mag n a to Butterfield Canyon, south of Bingham. Deputies Brady and Kutulas said they had followed the tracks of the vict i m's truck up a fire break on the ridge line to the south of Coons Canyo n. The hunters apparently drove to the end of the fire break and while atte m pting to turn around lost control of the vehicle. It plunged down the mountain. The truck appeared to have turned over sev e ral times as it crashed through scrub oak two to three feet high, the t w o deputies said. Wreckage and belongings of the two men were scattered the full distanc e o f the plunge, and the rear wheels landed 50 yards beyond where the tr uc k body stopped on the bottom of a draw. Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Peterson had left Saturday about 1 p.m. to go b o w and arrow hunting for deer in the mountains. Mr. Bartholomew told hi s w ife that they would be gone only for a couple of hours, and they di d no t take any water, food or heavy coats with them. About 10 p.m. Mrs. Bartholomew contacted Mrs. Peterson, who did not kn o w where the two men had gone. The Sheriff's office was notified Sunday at 2 a.m. When a search by deputies did not locate the missing men, the Jeep Patr o l was called in at 9:58 a.m. Justice of Peace D. S. Walker, who was at the scene, said it was appare n t that both men were killed almost instantly. Salt Lake County sheriff's officers said the two deaths would not be cou n ted as traffic fatalities. Aiding in the search were three light airplanes of the Utah National Gua r d which skimmed the ridges and valleys to direct the searchers to the s ce ne where Deputies Brady and Kutulas were waiting. To bring the victim's bodies up the steep hillside, searchers had to t i e long nylon ropes to the litters and then to a jeep on the ridge. Th e li tters then were supported by searchers as the jeep pulled. This procedure saved possemen several hours of work, said Walter Fox, se c ond in command of the Jeep Patrol. Eugene Allen Peterson was born in South Jordan Dec. 26, 1917, a son of H e nry J. and Marvel Ray Peterson. He attended South Jordan Elementary School, Jordan High School, South Hi g h School and the University of Utah. He entered the U.S. Army in 1935 and retired as a major nine months ag o . He served during World War II and also during the Korean campaign. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was a pr i est in the Wells Ward. Mr. Peterson married Arvilla Cundick in Salt Lake City June 10, 1940. At the time of his death he was operator of a service station in Kearns. Survivors include his wife, sons and daughters: Leon Cordell Peterson, w i th the U. S. Navy in Japan; Brent Peterson, with the Marine Corps in S a n Diego, Calif., and Sharon Ann and Peggy Carlene Peterson both of Gran ge r. Other survivors include his parents and brothers and sisters, Deverl a n d Harold Peterson, Mrs. Grace Whipple, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson and Mrs. H e l e n McCaul, all of Murray, and Vaughn Peterson, San Francisco. Calvin Reed Bartholomew, 4320 S. 4000 West, was born in Fillmore Jul y 5 , 1924, a son of Loy and Juliet Bartholomew. He attended school in Fillmore and later entered construction work. At t h e time of his death he was superintendent of construction for the Leavi l l Construction Co. He married Leona Bartholomew in Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 14, 1954. Survivors include his widow; a son and daughter, Tobin Reed and Tamara L e e Bartholomew, Granger; his father and stepmother, Mrs. Ireta Bartholom ew , Fillmore, and brother and sisters, Vernon Bartholomew, Los Angeles ; Mrs . Jean Dobson, Holden, Millard County, and a sister in Salt Lake Ci ty. ****** The Salt Lake Tribune Tuesday, September 12, 1961 page 21 RITES TO EULOGIZE VICTIM OF TRUCK Funeral services for Eugene Allen Peterson, 43, 3157 W. 3100 South, Gran g er, who died Saturday in an automobile accident two miles west of Bacch us , will be Thursday, 2 p.m. at 37 E. 7th South. Burial will be in the South Jordan Cemetery. Graveside military rites wi l l be by Ft. Douglas Military Post.