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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Carolyn Cay Peterson
Carolyn Cay
Peterson
Oct 18, 1950 — Aug 31, 2016
Breckenridge
Carolyn Cay Peterson's Obituary
Carolyn Cay (Schmidt) Peterson, 65, Breckenridge, Mo., passed away unexpectedly in Chillicothe, Mo., on August 31, 2016.
Carolyn was born on October 18, 1950, in Greenfield, Ia., to LaVerne Schmidt and Leila Mitchell Schmidt Zike. She grew up in Atlantic, Ia., and graduated from high school there in 1968. She had attended Drake University. Carolyn and her husband had lived in Walnut, Ia., before moving to Breckenridge, Mo., in 1989.
Carolyn had worked as a farm manager and as an antique dealer and appraiser. In Hamilton, Mo., she had previously owned and managed the Penney Antique Mall, and had been an employee of the Missouri Star Quilt Company where she had worked at the retreat center and had been in charge of marketing early on when the company was just beginning. Most recently, the last few years, she had been a business partner at The Barn Gypsies.
Carolyn was also an active member of the King of Kings Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was especially supportive of the church preschool, and the Twisted Sisters Quilt Club in Hamilton. She was a member and vice president of the international board of Questors and the president of Questors in the state of Iowa, and had been a strong supporter of the Mennonite community near Breckenridge.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her mother, Leila Zike.
On March 2, 1969, she married Wesley Peterson in Atlantic, Ia. He survives of the home.
Additional survivors: Sons-Scott Peterson (Natalie Mulligan), Leawood, Ks., and Jay (Lindsay) Peterson, Kansas City, Mo.; 3 grandchildren-Liam, Jackson, and Jillian Peterson; Father-LaVerne Schmidt, Greenfield, Ia.; Sister-Christy (Bob) Savage, Blacksburg, Va.; Brother-David (C.J.) Schmidt, Grain Valley, Mo.; 2 nephews-Ben and Brian Savage; and Mother-in-Law-Arvilla Peterson, Atlantic, Ia.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church Family Life Center.
Memorial Service: 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at the King of Kings Lutheran Church, 1701 NE 96th Street, Kansas City, Mo., 64155.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chillicothe YMCA in memory of Carolyn.
Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Mo.
Carolyn was born on October 18, 1950, in Greenfield, Ia., to LaVerne Schmidt and Leila Mitchell Schmidt Zike. She grew up in Atlantic, Ia., and graduated from high school there in 1968. She had attended Drake University. Carolyn and her husband had lived in Walnut, Ia., before moving to Breckenridge, Mo., in 1989.
Carolyn had worked as a farm manager and as an antique dealer and appraiser. In Hamilton, Mo., she had previously owned and managed the Penney Antique Mall, and had been an employee of the Missouri Star Quilt Company where she had worked at the retreat center and had been in charge of marketing early on when the company was just beginning. Most recently, the last few years, she had been a business partner at The Barn Gypsies.
Carolyn was also an active member of the King of Kings Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was especially supportive of the church preschool, and the Twisted Sisters Quilt Club in Hamilton. She was a member and vice president of the international board of Questors and the president of Questors in the state of Iowa, and had been a strong supporter of the Mennonite community near Breckenridge.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her mother, Leila Zike.
On March 2, 1969, she married Wesley Peterson in Atlantic, Ia. He survives of the home.
Additional survivors: Sons-Scott Peterson (Natalie Mulligan), Leawood, Ks., and Jay (Lindsay) Peterson, Kansas City, Mo.; 3 grandchildren-Liam, Jackson, and Jillian Peterson; Father-LaVerne Schmidt, Greenfield, Ia.; Sister-Christy (Bob) Savage, Blacksburg, Va.; Brother-David (C.J.) Schmidt, Grain Valley, Mo.; 2 nephews-Ben and Brian Savage; and Mother-in-Law-Arvilla Peterson, Atlantic, Ia.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church Family Life Center.
Memorial Service: 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at the King of Kings Lutheran Church, 1701 NE 96th Street, Kansas City, Mo., 64155.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chillicothe YMCA in memory of Carolyn.
Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Mo.
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