Sigurd Damskov Petersen

    Trinity Dates: 1933 - 1938

    Born: January 29, 1904 in Kenmare, North Dakota.

    Parents: Peter Christian Karl Petersen and Petrea Damskov Petersen.

    Died: September 10, 1981 in Clinton, Wisconsin.

    Married: Marie M. Jacobsen in 1928. She died in 1929. He married Dorothy M. Hofstrom in 1933.

    Ordained: On June 2, 1929 at Elk Horn, Iowa, by Rev. N. C. Carlsen.

    Mrs. Dorothy M. Petersen still lives in Clinton, Wisconsin at last report.

    Dates and places of service:

    1924 - 1925
    		 Attended Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.

     1925 - 1926
    		  Attended Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

     1926 - 1929
    		  Trinity Seminary in Blair, Nebraska.

     1929 - 1933
    		  Pastor at Pella Lutheran in Clinton, Wisconsin.

     1933 - 1938
    		  Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Brorson Danish Evangelical Lutheran of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.

     1938 - 1943
    		  Pastor at Nazareth Lutheran of Kenmare, North Dakota.

     1943 - 1949
    		  Pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran of Royal, Iowa.

     1949 - 1954
    		  Pastor at Emmaus Lutheran of Racine, Wisconsin.

     1955 - 1962
    		  Chaplain at Parsons State Hospital in Parsons, Kansas.

     1962 - 1963
    		  Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran of Dannebrog, Nebraska.

     1963 - 1969
    		  Chaplain at Glenwood State School in Glenwood, Iowa.

     1969 - 1972
    		  Visitation pastor in Avoca, Iowa when he retired.

     Here is an article from March 1956 about Pastor Petersen's service in Parsons, Kansas.

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