Virginia O. Peterson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Virginia Oliphant Peterson, age 80, died peacefully on November 29, 2014, in Benicia, California, where she lived for the past 35 years. She was born on January 27, 1934, in Blanding, Utah, the 5th of 11 children of Lucy Druceal Toone and Elgin Oliphant. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Virginia served as a missionary in the Nahant, New England Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She then moved to San Francisco where she met Dan, her husband of 52 years. She strove to create and appreciate beauty in the world around her, whether working as a fashion designer or flower arranger, or exploring the oceans and coasts she loved. A mother of four and grandmother of five, Virginia mothered everyone she met. She served faithfully in the church throughout her life and found joy in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Virginia is preceded in death by her mother and father, and by her siblings Clyde Oliphant, Nada Davies, and Lawrence Oliphant. She is survived by husband Daniel Baillie Peterson; children Daniel Otto Peterson, Aimee Margaret Peterson Larson, Erik Edwin Peterson, and Lucie Marie Peterson Wanberg; grandchildren Larry Lee Larson III (Colton), Aubrie Maureen Larson, Brett Lee Larson, Daniel Edwin Peterson, and Laurel Virginia Peterson; siblings Roland Oliphant, Norman Oliphant, Robert Oliphant, Larona Melville, Gineal Stott, Lucy Bullock, and Gayle Sutton; and many beloved in-laws, nieces, nephews, and friends. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Latter Day Saints, 1125 Southampton Road, Benicia. Burial will follow in Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon. Visitation will be at the church after 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

Virginia O. Peterson

January 27, 1934 - November 29, 2014