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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270819
Title: Julie A. Peterson
Date: 2/28/1962-6/28/2024
Inscription/Marks: 2/28/1962
Summary: Julie Peterson, 62, died unexpectedly June 28, 2024, at her home in Robinson, ND, after a recent cancer diagnosis. Her Mass of Christian burial was held July 3, 2024, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Steele, ND. Burial was at the Bethany/Robinson Cemetery, Robinson. Julie Ann Gussiaas was born February 28, 1962, in Carrington, ND, the second of Luverne and Beatrice (Heintz) Gussiaas’ five children. She was raised on the family farm northeast of Carrington. She graduated from Carrington High School in 1980 and attended Capital Commercial Business College in Bismarck. Julie married her high school sweetheart, Keith Peterson, on September 18, 1982, in Carrington. They lived in Colorado and Utah, following Keith’s linework before moving to Robinson in 1984 with their infant son, Dustin. Julie made it clear Robinson was another temporary stop on the road leading back home to Carrington. “Two years,” she compromised. Darin followed a few years later, and Nellie completed the family in 1989. Julie and Keith raised their kids alongside other young Robinson families, and two years in Robinson happily turned into 40. Julie’s house was the neighborhood hub of activity. There were always kids around, playing baseball outside on the field Keith made or shooting hoops in Julie’s living room where the basketball hoop hung. She ran an in-home day care for 15 years, even bringing the last neighborhood baby with her to work at an auto diesel repair, when she closed the business in the 1990s. Her home was a safe and fun place for kids. No one went hungry at Julie’s house. She learned early in Robinson how to stock her fridges, freezers and pantry like a grocery store. She was a tremendous cook and was always making a meal for others – for a benefit or funeral, for a new mom or recent widow, and always for her family. Favorites included her chicken and rice, red steak and seasoned pretzels. Julie enjoyed flower gardening, hosting and event planning. She was an organizer of people, resources and community. Whether a soup and sandwich fundraiser at work, a luncheon at church, her kids’ weddings and home projects, a trip with her girlfriends, or the countless events for which she volunteered, Julie knew how to plan, organize and get things done. Or she knew someone who knew someone. Julie could rally volunteers who paid it forward from a kindness she had previously extended herself. And she missed her calling as a salesman. She could sell a cape to Superman, but only if it meant using her powers for good, for another’s benefit. She cared about her community and desired to help people. For the past 21 years, she worked for the Kidder County Ambulance. Following the loss of her husband to cancer in 2011, Julie was one of six area women who started the Kidder County Angels, a nonprofit which provides gas vouchers to local people battling chronic illnesses. She maintained a close group of girlfriends since grade school, but adopted a gaggle of friends throughout her life, in Robinson and Steele. They traveled together, laughed together and cried together. Nothing meant more to Julie than her family. She raised her three children to be best friends, kind, giving and accepting of others. She was proud of them and protective of them. While only Dustin, Darin and Nellie were blessed to call her “Mom,” Julie was a mom to all. She treated her daughters- and son-in-law like her own, was a motherly figure for her siblings and looked out for people like only a mom could. Her grandkids were the loves of her life. Grandma Jules was the treasure of theirs. She celebrated our wins and loved us through our mistakes. She always had our backs. She was our rock. Julie will be eternally missed and loved by her children, Dustin (Kristin), Robinson, Darin (Cally), Steele, and Nellie (Mike) Wachter, Steele; grandchildren, Dylan and Everett Peterson, Robinson, and Owen and Kylie Wachter, Steele; siblings, Janel (Rick) Harrington, Mike (Stacey) Gussiaas and Joel (Marvae) Gussiaas, all of Carrington, and Becki Wolf, Steele; sister-in-law, Cheryl Peterson, Carrington; and many nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was preceded in death by her husband, Keith; parents, Luverne and Beatrice Gussiaas; parents-in-law, Ray and Lois Peterson; and nephew, Jarett Wolf. Cancer knew it didn’t stand a chance against Julie, so it didn’t give her the time to fight. So, take the family picture. Make dinner for your family. Sit together and enjoy the company of others. Be kind. And always, always take care of each other.
Red ID: FND_I_78318

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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