Lou Peterson

Lou Ann Peterson, 43, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa.

Lou Ann was born February 14, 1968, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Emanuel Thomas and Mary Judith (McLaughlin) Gordon. Around the age of 6 the family moved to Adair, Iowa. Lou Ann attended school in Adair graduating from Adair-Casey High School in 1986. On November 17, 1985, she married Dennis Peterson in the Methodist Church in Adair. Then on May 20, 2011, she and Dennis had their marriage blessed by the clergy of St. John's Catholic Church in Adair.

Her career sent Lou Ann from 17 years at Fay Pharmacy in Adair, while running a day care in her home for 3 - 4 years at the same time, to 10 years this July as a pharmacy tech at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center.

She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Adair, and, in 1992, joined the Adair Fire and Rescue.

Lou Ann loved penguins and rainbows. A favorite event for her was the annual state firemen's convention in September. She started talking about it in June! She also participated in Relay for Life. People knew her as the sweetest and sassiest person ever. The family's vacation to Florida this May proved to be the perfect Mother's Day for Lou Ann as they sat on the water's edge and watched the sun set on the gulf.

Preceding Lou Ann in death were her grandparents, Bill and Cecilia McLaughlin and Bernard and Lena Gordon, and her uncle, Paul McLaughlin.

Lou Ann is survived by her husband, Dennis Peterson of Adair, IA; her daughter, Kimberly Peterson and boyfriend Beau Reha of Adair, IA; her son, Joseph Peterson of Adair, IA; her father and mother, Manny and Mary Gordon of Manning, IA; brothers, Tom Gordon and his son, Dylan of Manning, IA, John Gordon and his wife Becky, and their son, Logan of Manning, IA, and Anthony Gordon and his fiancée Anne, and their sons, David and Jack of Carroll, IA; her Godmother, Aunt Louis Yochheim and her husband Bruce of Mansfield, OH; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Walter "Bud" and Lola Peterson of Adair, IA; sister-in-law, Cindy Lundy and her husband Gary of Fontanelle, IA; brothers-in-law, Darin Peterson and his girlfriend Patty Bauer of Adair, IA and Darryl Peterson and his wife Ally of Raeford, NC; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A rosary service will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. with visitation to follow from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. both at St. John's Catholic Church in Adair, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Adair.

Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Adair, Iowa.

In lieu of flowers, Lou Ann requested that memorials may be made to the Adair Fire Department or the Guthrie Center Hospital Foundation.

Hockenberry Family Care in Adair, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.