Blanche Peterson Papers
Collection Overview
Title: Blanche Peterson Papers
ID: OGLMC1558
Primary Creator: Peterson, Blanche (1907-2002)
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Subjects: Barnes County, North Dakota
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
"Blanche LeRoux, 95, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, formerly Grand Forks, N.D., died Wednesday, April 24, 2002, in the nursing home.
Blanche Peterson was born Feb. 8, 1907, in Litchville, N.D. She grew up and graduated from high school in Marion, N.D. She graduated in 1929 from Valley City (N.D.) State University, then taught school in Barnes County, N.D., and Bathgate, N.D., before moving to Grand Forks. She taught in Grand Forks and Manvel, N.D., and at the State School for the Blind, Grand Forks, for seven years. She also graduated from Chicago Hairdressing Academy and operated her own beauty salon in Bathgate for 12 years.
On Sept. 1, 1931, she married Tennis J. LeRoux in Detroit Lakes, Minn. He died in 1989. She entered the nursing home in 1998. She is survived by a son, Dennis (Jan Kranda), Sabin, Minn.; a daughter, Rita LeRoux (Jerry) O'Brien, Roanoke, Va.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."
Source: Fargo Forum, 29 April 2002
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Sandy Slater, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 2010-3013. The collection was purchased at a second-hand store.
Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Processing Information: Processed by Lewis Beaver, Cole Desrosier, Donnelly Fuglseth, and Megan Kringstad (History 240) in October 2024.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[All]