Peder Miller PEDERSEN

                       Ervin M. Peterson, age 87, died May 11, 1993 in Murray, Utah.
    Born in Chester, Sanpete, County, Utah, January 12, 1906, to P.M. Peterson and
    Lucina Allred Peterson.  He attended Snow College in Ephrim and the University
    of Utah in Salt Lake City.  He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
    Latter-day Saints, holding the office of High Priest.  He sold insurance for
    Business Men's Assurance Company of Kansas Citiy for sixty years and was
    manager of the Company's Salt Lake branch office when its territory covered
    Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.  He was an instructor for the Life Underwritting
    Training Council and qualified as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table in
    1951.  He sang with the Tabernaclle Choir for 19 years and later with the Jay
    Welch Chorale.  He was Charter President of the Sugarhouse Lions Club.  He
    married Grace Bunker in the Salt Lake  L.D.S. Temple on January 9, 1929.
    He is survived by his wife and the following children: Cary Hepworth, Brigham
    City; Douglas E. and Mark B. Peterson, Salt Lake City; twelve grandchildren and
    twenty-six great grandchildren; brother, Ray Peterson, San Diego, California.
    Preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
    He truly loved mankind as he loved life and lived it to the fullest.  His
    admonition, "Keep Smillin", brightened the lives of many as did his
    evercheerful countenance.  We love him and will never forgetr him.
    Funeral services will be held Friday May 14th, 12 noon, in the Murray 24th ward
    755 East Three Fountains Drive. Friends may call at the Larkin Mortuary, 260
    East South Temple, Thursday evening 7-8 p.m. and at the ward on Friday, one
    hour prior to the services.  Interment, Larkin Sunset Lawn.
    Copy of newspaper obituary