Arden D. Peterson
May 30, 1936 – Mar. 31, 2021
Arden D. Peterson, age
84 of Sauk Centre, passed
away peacefully, sur-
rounded by his family on
Wednesday, March 31,
2021 at The Lutheran
Home in Belle Plaine,
Minnesota.
A memorial service was
held at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
April 6 at First Lutheran
Church in Sauk Centre
with Rev. Rebecca Tho-
mas officiating. Inurn-
ment with Military
Honors was held at Fort
Snelling National
Cemetery at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 7. A
lane number will be pro-
vided and posted later.
Visitation was held
from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tues-
day at First Lutheran
Church in Sauk Centre.
Please wear a mask and
practice social distancing.
Arden Dale Peterson
was born May 30, 1936 in
Rugby, North Dakota to
Aurin and Amanda
(Aamodt) Peterson. He
graduated from Rugby
High School in 1954 and
served in the U.S. Air
Force from 1954 until his
honorable discharge in
1957. Arden graduated
from Minot State Univer-
sity in 1962 with a degree
in accounting. He was
united in marriage to An-
nella Scheet on July 2,
1960 at Bethany Lutheran
Church in Rugby, North
Dakota. He worked as an
accountant at Control
Data until his retirement.
Arden and Annella lived
on Little Birch Lake for 27
years where Arden loved
to spend time in the sun
pontooning and working
on his beautiful flower
gardens. The couple was
able to retire early and
loved spending their
winter month at South Pa-
dre Island.
He was a member of
First Lutheran Church in
Sauk Centre and the
American Legion Post 67
in Sauk Centre. Arden ran
many miles up and down
Ash Street and the Lake
Wobegon Trail in Sauk
Centre. Arden was a
tender-hearted man who
enjoyed playing cards,
especially 500, dice,
flower gardening, and was
the go-to man for helping
at the association. He
loved spending time with
his family and will be tru-
ly missed.
Survivors include his
loving wife of 60 years,
Annella Peterson of Sauk
Centre; children, Mark
(Terri) Peterson of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, Marshall
(Diane) Peterson of
Omaha, Nebraska, Marlo
(Denise) Peterson of Prior
Lake, and Eric (Heather)
Peterson of Grey Eagle;
five grandchildren, Zee,
Savanna, Hannah, Grace,
and Ben; sister, Janice
(Roger) Blessum of Prior
Lake; sisters-in-law, Judy
Peterson of Fargo, North
Dakota and Priscilla
Scheet of Beaverton, Ore-
gon; brothers-in-law, Paul
Tingstad of Golden Valley
and Alcuin (Val) Scheet of
Bismarck, North Dakota;
and many loving relatives
and friends.
Arden was preceded in
death by his parents; God-
son, Timothy Tingstad;
brothers, Donald and
Roger Peterson; sister,
Beverly Ann Tingstad; fa-
ther and mother-in-law,
Nick and Barbara Scheet;
and brother-in-law, Ken
Scheet.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials are preferred
to First Lutheran Church
or St. Croix Hospice.
Arrangements were
made with Patton-Schad
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vices of Sauk Centre.