- Date Of Birth: March 10, 1920
- Date Of Death: April 2, 2009
- State: Connecticut
J. Paul Peterson, 89, of Portland, passed away on Thursday, April 2nd in the Weiss Hospice Unit at Middlesex Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Cromwell he was the son of the late William R. and Clara Emelia (Bergeson) Peterson and had been married to his best friend and wife for 57 years, Sherrill H. (Prisk) Peterson. Paul had been a resident of Portland for 88 years and was a graduate of Portland High School and Upsala College and furthered his studies at the Hartford Graduate Center where he earned a degree in Solar Energy. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the US Army Air Corp. in the European Theater, and was held captive as a P.O.W. in Germany where he was forced into the 500 mile, 86 day forced march across Germany (Feb-May 1945) . He was part owner of the Wm. R. Peterson Oil Co.
