Chad Allen Peterson, age 50, of Omaha, NE, and formerly of Carroll, IA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Quality Living in Omaha with his mother at his side following a short battle with cancer.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church in Carroll with Rev. Cindy Johnson of St. John Lutheran Church in Carroll officiating assisted by Chad’s aunt Rev. Barbara Lundblad. Pianist will be Jan Potthoff. Casket bearers will be Jeremy Wolzen, Heath Mlnarik, Kevin Lynch, Bill West, Brian Kelly, and Kevin Lord. Honorary casket bearers will be Dani Benson, Kathlene Egbers, Nick Dover, and the staff members of Quality Living.
Graveside service will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Gowrie Cemetery in Gowrie.
Visitation will be held at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home on Friday from 5 – 7 P.M. The casket will be moved to the First United Methodist Church in Carroll at 9:30 A.M. on Saturday where visitation will resume until 10:15 A.M.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com
A livestream of Chad’s funeral will be available on YouTube at FUMC Carroll and will begin ten minutes prior to the service.
Chad’s family wishes to extend a special thank you to First United Methodist Church for use of facilities for the funeral service while St. John Lutheran Church in under construction.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Quality Living in Omaha, NE, and may be left with the funeral home or at the church.
Chad was the son of Norman Peterson and Betty Lundblad Peterson, and he was born on February 27, 1971 in Gowrie, Iowa. Chad graduated from Carroll High School in 1989. He moved to Omaha, NE in 1992 and worked at the Hampton Inn and later Staybridge Inn and Suites. After surviving a massive stroke in 2002, Chad spent the rest of his life at Quality Living Inc. in Omaha. His greatest joy was spending time with his family, including his QLI family of both staff and residents. He enjoyed watching movies, playing games, working on puzzles, eating out, and of course, drinking coffee. While at QLI Chad’s life was full of activities like kayaking, biking, and attending sporting events. He also worked at the coffee house on site and spent his Friday’s passing out candy. His apartment was the center of activity and no one walked by without an offer for coffee or a rice bag. It was a great comfort to have Chad surrounded in life and in death by the love and support of his QLI family. Chad’s mom became a mother to many at QLI in the 20 years that he lived there.
Survivors include his mother Betty Peterson of Carroll, IA; father Norm Peterson of Los Lunas, NM; sister Stacie (Kevin) Lord of Des Moines, IA; his aunt Barbara Lundblad (Nicole Johnson) of Minneapolis, MN; his uncle Ron (Becky) Lundblad of Mason City, IA; several cousins, other relatives, and many friends. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Harold and Ilene Lundblad, Alfred and Esther Peterson, and his aunt Alice Peterson.
