Betty Susan Peterson passed away on January 16, 2024, at age 96.
Betty was born in Toledo, Ohio, on March 4, 1927, to Sam and Hazel
Landis. She was the middle child of three. The family moved several times
before settling in Alton, Illinois. Following her high school graduation,
Betty worked as a bookkeeper. In 1950 she received her R.N. diploma
from the Lutheran Nursing School in St. Louis. She joined the Navy in
1951 and worked as an R.N. in the hospital nursery at Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard.
Betty met Ed Peterson at a PSNS square dance. They married in 1952 and
settled in Bremertons Manette neighborhood. After Bettys discharge from
the Navy, the family grew to include four children.
Betty and Ed were active members of Memorial Lutheran Church. They
also enjoyed traveling, playing pinochle, and gathering with family. Betty resumed her nursing career in 1970 as a charge nurse at Horton and
Resthaven nursing homes. When Ed contracted Parkinsons disease, Bettys
nursing skills kept him safe at home.
Ed died in 2006. Bettys parents, brothers Don and Ken Landis, and grandson Eddie also preceded her in death. Betty will be missed by her children
Karen Taylor (Dennis), Ted Peterson (Beth Bryson), Linda Rise (Ralph), and
Dave Peterson (Laura); grandchildren Alice, Elspeth, Heidi, Sam, Stephen,
Peter, Emi, Bettiann, and Wren; and great-grandchildren Teagan, Marcus,
Alden, and Eleanore.
