1921~ 2005
Nelda H. Petersen (83) peacefully left this world on 3 January 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah due to natural causes.
Nelda will always be remembered for her unselfish willingness to help anyone who asked, her remarkable inner strength and her ability to turn sewing into an art form.
Thank you, Nelda, for your lessons and your love. You will always be missed and deeply cherished. It was an honor to have known you. <! >
Nelda H. Petersen was born 19 February 1921 in Redmond, Sevier County, Utah to Delbert Peter Hansen and Annie Margaret Watts. She married Murvin L. Colby, Calvin Sylvester "Vic" Vickers and William Wayne Petersen.
Nelda is being welcomed home by her parents, two brothers, a daughter and two grandchildren. She is survived by her children Ronald (Elaine) Colby, Kent (Nicole) Colby, Marie (Fred) Christensen and Glenn Ray (Jeri) Vickers, 12 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, her sister Marva Andersen Olsen and Nelda's beloved niece and dearest friend, Marcia Ann Christensen.
Burial services will be held Saturday, 8 January 2005, at Redmond Town Cemetery in Redmond, Utah. Graveside services will be held Saturday, 12 March 2005, at Redmond Town Cemetery in Redmond, Utah.