- Date Of Birth: November 10, 1939
- Date Of Death: November 13, 2022
- State: Colorado
God Blessed me with You.
DIANE CAROL (MARCHUS) PETERSON
Her home country was the geographical center of North America (Pierce and Benson County North Dakota) where she was born to Emil and Opal Marchus, and grew up surrounded by parents, siblings, friends, and relatives.
Born on November 10, 1939, Diane attended a one-room country school for eight years. She graduated from Leeds High School in 1957 and the Trinity Hospital School for Nursing in 1960. A year later she married Rudolph Gordon Peterson and helped him complete his senior year at Minot State College and later NDSU graduate school in Fargo. For the next 40+ years, while Gordon worked as a mathematician/computer specialist in private industry, the federal government, and academia. Diane resumed her nursing career on a part-time basis so she could give birth to and raise their daughters, Kim (Doug) Curley and Lora Peterson Jennings.
Thank You for sharing the Best Years of my Life
Thank You for being my Best Friend and Wife
And though sometimes the trail was rough
We’d always make it through
Eternally I’m grateful that God Blessed me with You.