Ted Peterman, age 98, of Huron, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020, at the Prairie View Care Center at Woonsocket, with his family by his side.

His funeral service was held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, October 8th at the First United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Military rites were conducted by the Huron Veterans Council.

His funeral service was live-streamed through the Kuhler Funeral Home's Facebook page.

Ted Peterman was born October 14, 1921, to William E. and Dollie E. (Bowen) Peterman, at Kadoka, South Dakota. He attended school at Lake Preston, South Dakota, where he graduated from high school in 1939. In his early years Ted spent a lot of time in Lake Preston. He was a lifeguard and was Homecoming King.

On June 5, 1940, Ted was accepted in the United States Army Band. He was a member of the 267 ^th Army Ground Force Band. He sat first chair in the trumpet section and was selected to play Taps at the funeral service for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Warm Springs, California. He was honorably discharged on August 18, 1945, as a sergeant, during World War II.

On February 18, 1949, Ted married Lois. L Petersen. Within a few years they shared joy in the birth of their two daughters, Candy and Vickie.

On October 29, 1949, he graduated from the Minnesota School of Business. He then was a business instructor for Northwest College of Commerce from 1949 to 1950.

From 1951 to 1953, Ted was employed by the United States government. In 1953, he became the office manager for Verschoor Chevrolet. In 1961, he started his own insurance agency and then received his real estate broker's license in 1962. He became a partner with Keith Montgomery in 1967, and retired from Montgomery Agency on October 12, 2001. Ted built several homes in Huron, and took pride in perfecting all of the finishing touches. He enjoyed building model train sets and giving them to family members and friends. Ted was a very talented man and entrepreneur.  He even owned and operated a model train specialty shop called TR's.

Ted was the type of man that was there to lend a hand and was always available to help at the church. He enjoyed traveling and spent many years with Lois as snowbirds in Texas to see their daughters.

Ted was a member of the Huron Municipal Band for 62 years, and played trumpet every Thursday for family night in the park. Since 1954, he was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, where he served as treasurer, Chairman of the Methodist Administrative Board, President of the Methodist Men's Club, and was a 7th grade Sunday School Teacher. Ted was also a member of the American Legion since 1946, and a member of the Kiwanis Club for 34 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William Peterman and Dollis Peterman; sister, Patricia Bender-Gruetter; mother-in-law, Mary Petersen; biological mother, Eva (Bender) Peterman; sisters-in-law, Melva Carlson and Vivian Toelle; brother-in-law, Hugh Carlson; niece and nephew, Cindy Winter and Douglas Toelle; and grandson, Trisdon Rans.

Grateful for having shared in his life are his wife of 71 years, Lois Peterman; two daughters and their husbands, Candy and Dale Guthmiller and Vickie and Dennis Rans; four grandchildren, Chastity and Brian Beyer, Tiffany and Nick Mostyn, Brooke and John Sydow and Trevor and Mandy Rans; nine great-grandchildren, Brecken, Lane and Parker Beyer, Kairi, Zoey and Trisdon Mostyn, Summer and Shaylee Sydow and Ivan Rans; one niece, Pam Schmidt; two great-nieces, Jennifer DeBoer and Heather Winter; and many close family friends.

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