Loretta J. Doonan Petersen, 96

Loretta J. Doonan Petersen, 96 died on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at the Heritage House in Atlantic.
Loretta, daughter of Abner Earl and Gladys Olivia (Worden) Abel, was born September 4, 1922 in Silver City.  She was baptized into the Methodist faith and attended and graduated from Walnut Community Schools in Walnut.
She was preceded in death by her husbands: Gaylord Doonan and Arnold Petersen; daughter Linda Ahrenholtz; son James Doonan and siblings Evelyn Abel, Kenneth Abel, Chester Abel, and Beverly Mohr.
Loretta is survived by her children: Jane and her husband Dean Fabian of Elk Horn; Denise and her husband Dennis Juhl of Colorado Springs, CO and Ann and her husband Chuck Wolken of Harlan; 15 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; sisters Bertha Purdum of Lenox; Mary Bryant of Lenox, and Carol and her husband Jack Andersen of Manhatten Beach, CA; sister-in-law Betty Abel of Creston; nieces and nephews; other family members and friends.
A 10 AM Funeral Service was officiated by Rev. Michael Agnew on Monday, July 25, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. Burial was held at the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan.

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