(nee: Laffey) On Tuesday, November 3, 2009; beloved wife of the late Robert I. Peterson; devoted mother of Robert Peterson and wife Cathy, Mary Ellen Yurek and late husband Stephen “Rak,” and Bridget Schumacher and husband John; cherished grandmother of Christy, Jillian, Ashley, Robby, Cody and J.R.; devoted great-grandmother of Justin; dear sister of Anne Hettrick and the late Patrick Laffey; also survived by her special companion Irish. Funeral services were held from the G. KEENEN O’BRIEN Funeral Home. Cremation, Rosehill Crematory, Linden.