Mena and her husband, DavePetersen Family Photo taken in Cushing, Nebraska: Mena’s Mom, Doris, is being held by an Aunt in center of photo and little Dorothy can be seen standing to the right. Dorothy’s Father, Edd Petersen is standing 2nd from the left and her Mother, Meda, is standing behind Dorothy.Family photo of Dorothy’s Father, Edd Petersen. Caption as written by Mena: I’ll list the Danish names. Back row left Kisten Marie (Little Mary) Buehl, Jens Peter (Jim) Petersen, Edward Rasmus (Edd) Petersen, Soren Christian Petersen & Jorgine (Gina) Petersen. Front row, left Ottomine (Minnie) Jepsen, Niels Christian Petersen, Rasmine (Minnie) Petersen & Kjirsten Marie (Big Mary) Jacobsen.Aunt Gina married a man from a different Petersen family. Another person of note when Fred Grandy went to DC one of his aides was Georgejean Bailey who was the great-granddaughter of Aunt Big Mary. Photos provided by Mena Sprague
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