Arnold Charles Peterson

March 19, 1930 - August 9, 2015

Arnold Charles Peterson, age 85, of Dassel, died Sunday, August 9, 2015, at the Lakeview Ranch in Dassel. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015, at 4:00 p.m., at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel with Rev. Carolyn Pflibsen officiating. A private interment will be held at the Dassel Community Cemetery. There will be a time to gather with the family one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday afternoon. Arnold Charles Peterson, the son of Alvin and Myrtle (Adams) Peterson, was born on March 19, 1930, on the family farm near Lake Jennie in Collinwood Township, Meeker County, Minnesota. Arnold attended district schooling and graduated from the Dassel High School. Arnold was baptized and later confirmed at Lake Jennie Covenant Church and was presently a member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel. In 1955, Arnold was united in marriage to Marlene Lindell in Litchfield, Minnesota. Together they made their home in Hutchinson before moving to a farm south of Dassel, where they made their home for 51 years. In 2010, Arnold moved to Dassel, where he has resided since. He was a lifelong farmer and operated a farm partnership with his brother, LeRoy. He milked cattle until he was 49, when they sold off their herd and decided to concentrate more on crop production. Arnold was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and had traveled with Russell Asplin and a group of friends to Canada to hunt Canadian Geese. He loved to fish with his wife Marlene at their cabin on Lake Washington. Arnold and Marlene enjoyed traveling and he had taken several trips to Canada, northern Minnesota and Alaska to fish. He had also traveled to Alaska and Colorado to visit his son's Paul and Daniel. During the winter he would spend many hours in the spear house with his spearing partner, Paul Servin. When he was younger he enjoyed waterskiing on Lake Jennie and Lake Washington. Every fall Arnold and Marlene would make potato sausage from the fresh farm produce which would last their family throughout the winter. He will be missed by his family and his friends. He is survived by his sons, Paul (Nancy) Peterson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Daniel Peterson of Silverthorne, Colorado; grandchildren Jenny, Scott, Zhenia, and Aliona; sister, Donna Wahl of Hutchinson and nieces, nephews, and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marlene in 2007, parents, and a brother, LeRoy.