David Peterson

July 9, 1937 – Mar. 8, 2024

COLERIDGE, Neb. – David Kent Peterson, born July 9, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Ralph Mast and Dorothy Adeline (January) Peterson, passed away March 8, 2024. He lived in Coleridge, Nebraska, graduating from Coleridge High School in 1955.

In 1961, David graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, earning a bachelor’s degree in architecture. He married Hazel Grace Ahlschwede, Crete, Nebraska, on June 7, 1959. He served as the first director of the North Central Regional Planning Commission in Beloit, Kan.; director of administration at the Missouri Basin States Association in Omaha; and as an associate campus planner for the University of Nebraska.

David was preceded in death by wife, Hazel, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Helen and Allen Plucknett, Alice Ahlschwede, Doris Banister, and Dennis Verbeek. He is survived by sister, Carol Verbeek; children, Christine Treaster (Brad), Douglas Peterson; grandchildren, Laura (Treaster) Lorenz (Chad), Michael Treaster, Simone Ballard, Ellen Nordgren (Derek), Katie Peterson; and a great-granddaughter, Autumn Lorenz.

No formal services are planned. A family graveside service will be held in June. Memorials may be made to the Capitol Humane Society in Lincoln, Neb., or as designated by the donor.