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Otto Oscar Alexander Peterson
originally established the Peterson Funeral Home in
1911. He was the son of Henrick and Ellvaria Peterson
and came to the United States from Sweden at the age of five with
his parents and sister, Maria. The business was
originally called the O.O.A. (Otto Oscar Alexander)
Peterson Funeral Home and was located on Pine Street in
Calumet. Otto passed away
in 1949 and his son, Gordon Arthur Peterson took over
the business which he operated at that location, along
with an ambulance service, he also operated the Memorial Chapel
Funeral Home in Hancock. In 1974 he sold the funeral
home in Hancock and built the present-day Peterson
Funeral Home on Mine Street in Calumet. Gordon retired
in 1999 and his son Karl, became the owner and director
of the family business.
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