Julia C. Petersen

Julia Petersen

RANDOLPH — Funeral Services for Julia C. Petersen, 86, Randolph, formerly of Norfolk, were July 1 at the Home for Funerals Chapel, Norfolk. The Rev. Steve Lund officiated. The service was also livestreamed on the funeral home’s website Visitation with the family was Friday at the chapel. Julia died Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha. Julia Carolynn was born Dec. 11, 1936, in Tilden, the daughter of French and Edith (Anderson) Young. She attended kindergarten in Battle Creek, where she later also graduated from high school. Julia began her career in education in 1955, teaching in the Koopman School District north of Battle Creek. In 1969, she received her teaching degree from Wayne State College. Throughout her 31 years as a teacher, she worked at various country schools in Madison and Platte counties. In 1959, Julia married William “Dennis” Petersen. The couple lived on a farm near Creston before moving to Norfolk in 1972. They had four children. Dennis passed away in 2002. In 2004, Julia moved to Randolph to live in the country with her daughter.

Julia loved solving crossword puzzles, traveling to Texas as a snowbird with her husband, and after he passed, spending her winters in Las Vegas with her sister. She also bartended at the Eagles’ Club for 20 years.

She is survived by her children, William “Bill” Petersen, Norfolk; Lisa (Kevin) Gubbels, Randolph; Jesse (Frances) Petersen, Lincoln; and Jeffrey (Connie) Petersen, Hoskins; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sister, Sheila (Mike) Hughes, Las Vegas, Nev.

She is preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, Jesse Beaton; husband, Dennis; brother, Perry Young; and sister, Lovey Ann Wantlin.