Betty L. Peterson, 87, of Herman NE

Betty L. Peterson age 87 of Herman, Nebraska passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at Dunklau Gardens in Fremont. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Salem Lutheran Church of Fontanelle, Nebraska.  Burial will be at 1:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Vacoma Cemetery rural Arlington, Nebraska.  Visitation is on Wednesday, from 5 until 8 p.m. and family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. all at Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington, Nebraska. Visitation will continue on Thursday, one hour prior to the service at the church.   Memorials are suggested to the church.  Online condolences may be left at http://www.mosermemorialchapel.com.  Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home in Arlington is in charge of arrangements.

Betty was born July 20, 1928 at Kellogg, IA to R. Mark and Zeta (Pearce) Scoville. Betty grew up in Kellogg and College Springs, IA areas.  She graduated from College Springs High School in 1946 and shortly thereafter, earned her teaching certificate at the age of 17. She then began teaching at country school in the Clarinda, IA area. She earned a diploma for elementary education from the Iowa State Teachers College located in Cedar Falls, IA in 1951 and received her Bachelors Degree in elementary education from the University of Omaha in 1955 and her Masters from there in 1958. Betty’s 12 year career in education also included teaching at elementary schools in Dennison and Hastings, IA and several schools in the Omaha Public School system. She primarily taught 3rd & 4th grades. Betty married Howard “Dick” Peterson June 8, 1958 at Council Bluffs, IA, Dick preceded her in death on May 25, 2014.

She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church of Fontanelle, NE, Rachel Circle at church and the Washington County Extension Club.

Survivors include her sons, Edward (Lisa) Peterson of Herman, NE & Timothy (Karleen) Peterson of Arlington, NE; daughters, Robyn (Bernie) Harms of Dodge, NE & Ruth (Don) Evans of Ogallala, NE; sisters, Dixie Allbery or Gretna, NE & Dorothy Chase of Omaha; grandchildren, Lance, Kale & Paige Peterson, Donald Evans III, Tobias, Travis, Theodore, Tara & Taylor Harms and Tessa (Brian) Hain.

Preceded in death by parents; husband and brothers, William and Robert “Bob” Scoville.

Betty Peterson