Nelda Rae Peterson

Funeral services for NELDA R. (BRANDT) PETERSON, 88, will be held at 10am Friday, July 7, 2023 at Our Savior Lutheran Church with Reverend Scott Firminhac officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Nelda died June 29, 2023 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to Our Savior Lutheran Church to the Congregation Education: Adult Ed and Evangelism Ed. The casket will be closed. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Nelda was born the second of five children on January 7, 1935 in Gurley, Nebraska to Theo and Eila (Christianson) Brandt. The family lost the farm south of Gurley and moved to western Nebraska where she received her education in the Platte valley, western Nebraska and Torrington, Wyoming. She attended second grade at the old white school which just so happened her future husband also attended the same class, the same time. He family moved to Oregon during World War II in 1943 and lived in the Willamette Valley until spring 1955. She graduated Corvallis High School in 1953. She moved to Torrington in 1955 to work for Madge Smith at the flower shop. She met Lloyd Peterson and they were married December 27, 1956 in Torrington. The couple lived in Heidelberg, Germany for eighteen months while Lloyd served in the US Army. They lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming for many years, Grand Junction, Colorado for ten years, Loveland, Colorado for four years, Missouri for four years and then back to Torrington in 1999. Nelda loved her German/Danish hardworking background, her church/the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, deep-searching Bible studies, all aspects of homemaking, interior design, floral design, gardening, cooking, and her country the USA that was built on Christian beliefs, the Constitution/Bill of Rights and the shoulders of hardworking patriots. Nelda is survived by two dear children Diane and Gordon (Trisha); six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; a sister Carol Going; and a brother Roger Brandt. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Lloyd; and two brothers Gary and Harold Brandt.

Nelda Rae Peterson

January 7, 1935 - June 29, 2023