Veronica F Peterson
Posted: Tuesday, Dec 4th, 2007

PETERSON––Veronica F. (Capone, Bacon) Peterson died on Nov. 17, 2007, in Auburn Faith Hospital in Auburn, Calif. of complications from acute myelogenous leukemia. She was born on Jan. 9, 1943, in Miami Beach, Fla.

She was the beloved first child of the late Albert F. and Diana R. Casey Capone. Ronnie, as she was known to all, died as she had lived, with grace and beauty and courage, surrounded by her loved ones.

Ronnie is survived by the love of her life, Gordon Peterson, her husband of over 31 years; her sisters: Diane Patricia Pette (Donald), Barbara Mae Prince (George) and Terri Hall; her beloved step-mother: America Francis; her adored step-children Rod Bacon (Masako), LeeRae Bacon Walter (Ed), DeVon Bacon Harbolt (John), Eric Peterson (Angie) and Cassie Peterson. She is also survived by grandchildren: Jenny and Travis Walter, Lana Pewitt and Jarrod Halterman, Kai, Hana ,and Maya Bacon, Bianca and Miles Peterson; nephews: Joseph Griesa (Chrissy), Michael Griesa (Julie), Eric Griesa (Michelle) and niece Katherine Seal, along with numerous grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was predeceased by her nephew, Aaron Hall in 1990. Also left behind are Ronnie’s legion of friends, especially Al and Laura Enamait, Ed and Diane Clavel, Bruce and Carmen Austin, Darlene Moore, Sheila and Dick Jones, Linda and Gordon Johnson, Leonard and Maybritt Clarenbach, Richard Gordon, Dr. Sabry Mason Tom and Tricia Wait, Bob and Lyn Bacon and June Philbin, along with many others from all over the world.

The world will be a little dimmer without her light and laughter, but the heavens will be brighter than ever. Private memorial services were conducted in Auburn, Calif. on Dec. 1, 2007.