Frank Peterson

Service for Frank A. Peterson, 95, of Keene, will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Burial will be in Floral Crest Cemetery in Bryant, Alabama. Visitation will be 6-8:00 P.M., Wednesday at the funeral home.

Frank A. Peterson passed away March 14, 2021 in Keene. He was born September 16, 1925 in Bryant, Alabama to Raynold and Lula Musser Peterson. He married Thelma Jean Nix-Voss on February 14, 1999 in Keene. Frank was director of National Camps for Blind Children with over 17 years of service.

Frank is survived by his wife of 22 years, Jean Patterson of Keene; children from a previous marriage, Frank A. Peterson, Jr. of Gallatin, Tennessee, Leila Ford and husband Ed of Empire, Michigan, Ron Peterson and wife Denise of Weatherford; step-children, Liz Gillin, Barbara Renken and husband Virgil, Mary Ortiz and husband Yddo; grandchildren, Paul Peterson, Kari Pace, Josie Peterson, Lesa Wilson, Michael Kowalsky, Laurie Hayes, Fran Pickett, Albert Holewinski; step great-grandchildren, Michael Sackerson, Kaitlyn Gillin, Jacob & Joshua Renken, Zackery & Levi George, Aiden & Andrew Saraswat, Alyssa & Bryson Renken, Meela & Benji Woods, Emma, Elliot & Eliana Woods; 13 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Lucille Graham of Bryant, Alabama, Elsie Peterson of Panama City, Florida; numerous nieces and nephews and first wife, Helen Beline of Southgate, Michigan.

Frank is preceded in death by his second wife, Nova Peterson; daughter, Marcia Holewinski; sisters, Virginia Page, Ruth Richards, Evelyn Wilson and granddaughter, Jennifer Raines.