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Major Daniel D. Peterson
U.S.A.F.  Ret.

High Flight Poem

Place of Death:  Residence
Hour:  7:26 A.M.
Date: February 22, 2004
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  Services:   Memorial Services were held Thursday, February 26, 2004
  Mt. Pulaski American Legion Honor Guard
  Mt. Pulaski V.F.W. Honor Guard
  ANSAR Honor Guard
Officiators:   Father James Cravens, Trinity Episcopal Church - Lincoln
  Joe Lucas, Maj. U.S.A.F. Veteran - Mt. Pulaski American Legion & 
                                                               Central Illinois ANSAR
Time:   11:00 A.M.
Place:   Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mt. Pulaski, IL
Visitation:    1 hour prior to services at the funeral home

Major - United States Air Force - 23 years - Retired
Command Fighter Pilot in U.S.A.F. in WW II and Korean Conflict
Among the 1st Group of U.S. Pilots to Fly Jets into Combat
Flew on Hundreds of U.S.A.F. Combat Sorties in Korea
P.O.W. Korea - 2.5 years
Bronze Star 
Purple Heart
Logged Thousands of Hours of Flight Time
Pilot: P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, F-84G Thunderjet, F-86 Sabre 
Member of the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron - Thunderbird Precision Flight Team - 4 years as trainee, pilot, trainer
U.S.A.F. Test Pilot
U.S.A.F. Retired Officers Association
U.S.A.F. Association
Retired Regional Manager for After Market Tire Co.
Past Commander and Life Membership of Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post #447
Member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln
Mt. Pulaski Mason Lodge #87, Chapter R.A.M. #121
Decatur Council #16
Southern Illinois York Rite College #33
ANSAR Shrine of Springfield
Legion of Honor Ansar Shrine
Scottish Rite Valley of Springfield
Wayne W. Gatewood - Chapter #536 of National Sojourner
Springfield Motor Boat Club (SMBC)
Lincoln Elks Lodge #914

  Birth: 

   Born April 29, 1926, in Columbina County, Ohio

Survivors

Wife:

   Wanda Schroth Peterson of Mt. Pulaski

Son: 

   David L. (Kristie) Peterson of Temple, TX

Daughters: 

   Sandra (Dave-fiancé) Peterson of Austin, TX 
  Cindy (Norman) King of San Antonio, TX
  Pamela (David) James of Austin, TX
  Stephanie (Frank) Brower of San Diego, CA
  Allicent (Don) Smith of New Berlin, IL

Grandchildren:

   9

Parents: 

   J.D. and Nel DeLong Peterson (deceased)

Brother: 

   David Peterson (deceased)  

MEMORIALS:  Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post #447 or Donor's Choice