Mary Elizabeth Peterson - Mary Peterson passed away peacefully on October 8, 2008 in Petaluma. Predeceased by her first husband Noel H. Kuhrt, Sr. and devoted husband John Peterson. Loving mother of Noel H. Kuhrt, Jr. and his wife Karen of Wilmington, DE, Sally Kuhrt Johnson and her husband Will of Petaluma, Geoffrey Peterson and his wife Priscilla of Bellingham WA, and Sara Peterson Tortora and her husband Dean of Providence, RI. Dear grandmother of Christopher Peterson, Christopher Kuhrt, Amy Kuhrt Janis, Phadrea Peterson Cote (Richard), Tyler Johnson, Katelyn Johnson (Jeremy Gaunt), L.T. Tortora and Geoffrey Tortora, and great-grandmother of Tabor Cote, Hayden Cote and Jackson Gaunt.
Mary was born on April 7, 1916 in Hilton, New York. A graduate of Cornell University and a member of Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution and American Assoc. of University Women. She was a longtime resident of Rochester, New York and Rutland, VT.