Della Irene Ahrendt and Clarion Colton Peterson

CLARION COLTON PETERSON, son of RUTH ELLEN COLTON and CLARENCE HENRY PETERSON, was born June 12, 1915 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota,^{56, 7377} and died September 12, 2002.⁵⁶ He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶

He married DELLA IRENE AHRENDT on October 5, 1940 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.⁵⁰¹ She was born September 17, 1919,⁴⁵⁶ and died December 27, 2002.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶

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Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, October 9, 1940⁹⁷⁰⁰

Della Ahrendt, Clarion Peterson Wed

In a simple service Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Della Ahrendt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ahrendt, 1609 North Mable av., and Clarion Peterson, son of Mrs. Ruth Peterson, Brandon, S. D., were married.

Rev. T. A. Johnson read the single ring service in the parsonage of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Brandon. Miss Phyllis Peterson, sister of the groom, and Howard Ahrendt, brother of the bride, were attendants. The bride wore a wine wool ensemble with accessories of blue.

A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents following the ceremony. Blue and white were used in table appointments and in the wedding cake marking the places of honor.

Mr. and Mrs. Peterson left for a short wedding trip to Minneapolis and after October 20 will be at home at Brandon, where he is engaged in business. Mrs. Peterson is a graduate of Washington high school, class of 1937, and Mr. Peterson is a graduate of the class of 1934.