Walt and Eileen
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- Los Petersen - San Salvador El Salvador
- ****Walt & Eileen Petersen**
- Grampa 'n Grama Mission
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Wife, mother; a little bit of medical secretary profession. |
| Location | Saratoga Springs,, Utah, United States |
| Introduction | Walt was born in Wendell, Idaho,and lived in Idaho 64 of his 86 years. Eileen was born in the Twin Falls Idaho Hospital going home to Wendell from there, and lived in Idaho for 57 of my 85 years. Married June 14, 1961 in Salt Lake Temple. We thank our children and grandchildren for the wonderful 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration.they hosted for us in June 2011. For 50th we went on a Mediterranean cruise to be with D. Kelly Ogden as he lectured "In the Footsteps of Paul the Apostle." We have lived in St. Louis,MO, Minneapolis,MN; Talihina,OK; Burley,IDAHO 42 years, 3 years in Merida, Mexico;;2 years in Guatemala City, Guatemala; 18 mos in Argentina,Oct 2008 to Mar 2010; and 3 years as temple president and matron of the new (dedicated Aug 21, 2011) San Salvador El Salvador Temple for--July 2011 to Nov 1, 2014. As of Aug 2018 we moved to live with our daughter Julie, her husband John, and their 4 children in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Walt passed away of Lewy Body Dementia on Aug 21, 2020 at age 86. We love and adore each other, our 7 children, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren and 6.ggc.. Walt was a physician, I was a medical secretary for PHT, then homemaker and mother. |
| Interests | Eileen:husband, 7 children, 39 grandchildren, 6 ggc, serving missions with my husband; family history genealogy; photography;journalism; reading mostly non-fiction but also great fiction; computer for family history. |
| Favorite Movies | Doris Day movies, especially "Love Me or Leave Me;" "Seargant York" with Gary Cooper; "My Fair Lady" with Audrey Hepburn.. Plus the classics from the 1930s, '40s, '50s, snf '60s. |
| Favorite Music | The real music of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s...the big bands, and the war songs. |
| Favorite Books | True biographies, especially The Anne Morrow Lindgergh series of her life, starting with "Bring Me a Unicorn." The Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine & Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price. |
Compose the lyrics to a new national anthem that features an animal sound at least once:
I prefer the national anthem we have "The Star Spangeled Banner"