Leland R. Peterson, 83 of Woodhull, IL died Monday, August 17, 2020, at OSF St. Mary Hospital in Galesburg, IL.
Graveside services are 11:00 am Saturday, August 22, 2020, in the Woodhull Cemetery. Visitation is 5-7 pm Friday, August 21, 2020, at Peterson Wallin Knox Funeral Home in Woodhull where memorials may be left to the Woodhull Cemetery Association or Bethany Lutheran Church. Online condolences can be made at www.petersonwallinknox.com.
He was born June 30, 1937, in Galesburg, IL to Reuben and Nellie Gustafson Peterson. Leland graduated from AlWood High School in 1955. He married Mary Slover April 2, 1967, in Kewanee, IL. He later married Harriet V. Wadhams on June 17, 1995, in Danville, IL.
Leland served in the U.S. National Guard from 1960-1966 and was employed at Case/IH from 1963 until retiring in June of 1993.
Leland was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and served on church council several times throughout the years. He served on the Clover Manor Board for 18 years and the AlWood Food Pantry Board several years. Leland was active in PWP (Parents without Partners) in the AlWood region, a leader of Boy Scouts of America and former member of the Jaycees and Henry County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include his wife, Harriet; one daughter: Heidi (John) Carabba of Mulberry, Florida; one son: Jason (Stacy Winter) Peterson of West Lafayette, Indiana; one step-grandson: Cameron Avery of West Lafayette, one sister: Lois Willard of Cambridge, IL; one sister-in-law: Jan Peterson of Moline, IL; several nieces and nephews.
His parents and one brother: Dale Peterson preceded him in death.
