BEATRICE L. PETERSON, 69

BRISTOLVILLE -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hall Funeral Home, Warren, for Beatrice L. Peterson, 69, of 2940 Bristol Champion Townline Road, who died Sunday morning at her son's West Farmington home.
Mrs. Peterson was born June 16, 1931, in Pleasantville, Pa., a daughter of Raymond and Annabelle Allen McFate, and moved here from Titusville, Pa., in 1964. She had worked as a licensed practical nurse at St. Joseph Health Center for 10 years before retiring in 1985.
She attended Grace Baptist Church. She attended Pleasantville schools and the Choffin School of Nursing, Youngstown.
Her husband, Edward, whom she married July 1, 1946, died Dec. 20, 1977.
She leaves a son, Edward Jr. of West Farmington; two daughters, Diane Was of Lordstown and Brenda Ellis of Bristolville; a brother, Charles McFate of Grand Valley, Pa.; a sister, Shirley Peterson of Melbourne, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Rita Peterson, and a brother, Robert Carlson, are deceased.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of Northeast Ohio.
3/13/01