Rosemary (Buschow) Peterson, age 94, formerly of Hastings and Blue Hill, passed away Nov. 9, 2020, in Bellevue, where she had moved to be closer to family.
Rosemary was born Jan. 16, 1926, in Blue Hill, to Helen (Suchland) and Alfred O. Buschow. As a young farm girl, she worked with her brothers and her parents on their dairy farm, and later with their registered Angus cattle. Rosemary was active in 4-H, earning many awards at local and state levels. She took tap dancing lessons, rode her horse, Major, played the saxophone, participated in musical activities and was Salutatorian of the Blue Hill class of 1944. She received a scholarship of $37.50 per year at a Nebraska State Teacher College. Rosemary began her long teaching career at District 64 in Adams County where her salary was $100 per month, and she was “required to do her own janitor work.” She taught in Adams and Webster Counties and was employed at the Naval Ammunition Depot near Hastings for one year.
Rosemary married Robert L. “Bob” Peterson on Nov. 28, 1946. This union was blessed with two daughters and one son, Jacqueline Sue (Jackie), Mary Helen, and Robert Alfred. Rosemary earned her B.A. in Education from Hastings College and continued to take classes at Kearney State Teachers College and the University of Nebraska. She did so while teaching, raising her children, being a 4-H and Girl Scout leader and Sunday School teacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Blue Hill.
After the death of her husband in 1974, Rosemary moved to Hastings where she continued her elementary teaching career. She was a member of local, state and national educational associations, Alpha Delta Kappa, NE Council for Social Studies, NE Classroom Teachers Association and Who’s Who in Nebraska.
Rosemary also taught in Arkansas, Arizona and Missouri before returning to the Blue Hill-Hastings area. She was a member of First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Order of Eastern Star, Eagles Club and a Red Cross blood donor.
Rosemary enjoyed her beautiful flower garden, her dachshund, visiting with friends, playing cards, fishing, dancing and traveling with her friend and companion in later life, Ivan Valek, who preceded her in death.
Also preceding her in death were her parents; husband; son; son-in-law; brothers; and numerous cousins and friends.
Survivors include her daughters, Jackie Stover (Larry Cain) and Mary Nefzger of Bellevue; grandchildren, Brad (Layla) Stover, and Brian Stover (Jessica Diley); great-granddaughter, Callie; and many nieces, nephews and friends in the Hastings-Blue Hill area.
Graveside services are to be held at a later date with burial in the Blue Hill cemetery.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” - Psalm 23:6
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