AJ Peterson

AJ Peterson, 84, of Corning entered into peace Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston.

Funeral services and Mass will be 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Corning with Father Peters officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church Parish Center in Corning. Burial will follow the funeral Friday, Nov. 16, in Evergreen Cemetery in Prescott. Memorials may be given in her name. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on our website at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to Ritchie Funeral Home.

Alice Joy Richey was born at home on Jan. 13, 1934, in rural Adams County. She attended school in Carbon and Corning through her early years and completed her GED in 1967. Alice was married to Don Herring and the union was blessed with three children, Doug, Linda and David. They were very young and the marriage did not last.

She later married Harvey Brandt in 1960, and they welcomed the births of Kelley and Kirk. The family farmed in Prescott and was active in the community, school and church. Harvey was killed in a farming accident in 1975. Alice again was raising a family on her own.

Stanley Peterson married Alice in 1977; Stan brought his two boys, Jim and John to the union. Stan cherished AJ, they enjoyed the large family and the precious gift of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Many of the years of parenting, Alice was a single mother, and she was courageous and taught her children integrity, grit, independence and perseverance. She took parenting seriously, and she attended many sporting events, encouraged studious habits, held her children accountable and meted out punishment strictly. As a grandparent she was loving and kind.

She was a devoted friend to many – her friends were a joy in her life. There were many laughs at card and dinner clubs, bridge, the Happy Hollow Country Club, the many church groups and with old friends from school days. She worked for many years in the medical field as an aide in nursing homes and the Corning hospital. She took golf lessons in middle age and it became a passion. She converted and became an active Catholic following her marriage to Stan. Failing health has prevented Alice from active involvement in the church, but her faith remained strong to the end. Alice’s many friends and family will particularly remember her laugh, her courage and her willingness to always help a friend that needed support.

In addition to her husbands, Alice was predeceased by her loving parents, Paul and Esther Richey; her sister and brother-in-law, Claire N. and Wayne H. Crill and sister-in-law Donnis Richey.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Douglas W. Brandt and wife Sue, Linda Brandt O’Neall and husband Tom, David G. Brandt and wife Kathy, Jim G. Peterson and wife Barb, John I. Peterson and wife Becky, Kelley R. Brandt Lang and husband Michael and Kirk D. Brandt and wife Lynn; and her brother Samuel P. Richey. Her grandchildren will miss her dearly – Wendy, Missy, Scott, Zach, Bryan, Mindy, Jessie, Amber, Josh, Brennan, Austin, Isaac, Weston, Sara, and Eryk. Her great-grandchildren will be taught about her spirit and carry on her spunk. They include Lindsey, London, Garrett, Jaxsen, Jake, Nolan, Lexi, Boston, Brayden, Asher, Holden, Drew, Kenzie and Sofia.

We will hold our precious memories of AJ in our hearts.

May she be at peace in God’s loving care.