Penny Peterson-Naegle On Aug. 21, 2021, Penny Lee Axson Peterson-Naegle, 71, passed away in Meridian, Idaho. The funeral service will begin 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Main Street Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 48 Main St., in Snowflake. The viewing will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Interment will follow at the Lakeside Cemetery, located at 1265 Larson Road in Lakeside, Ariz. Penny was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Sept. 18,1949. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario, until her family moved to Phoenix when she was 12, whereupon her family met missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were baptized. She maintained a strong testimony of Jesus Christ throughout her entire life, as well as an unwavering devotion to her native Canada. She was sealed to Don Leon Peterson in the Mesa, Arizona Temple on Feb. 12, 1969. Penny enjoyed traveling between her summer home in Spokane, Wash., and her winter home in Sierra Vista. She nurtured a life-long network of friends along the way. She enjoyed cooking, baking and sharing meals with neighbors and friends, tending flowers, being a member of community groups and traveling. She is survived by siblings, Pam (Dale) Johnson and Jeff (Mary) Axson; children and stepchildren, Don Robert “Scott” (Jordan) Peterson, Jonathan (Stephanie) Peterson, Dennese (Jamee) Mahoney, Patricia (James) Fry, Wendy (Steven) Rosenlund, Randall “Scott” (Cathleen “Grace”) Naegle, Andrea (Michael) Selleck and Kristi (Derek) Kerr; and 28 beloved grandchildren and a host of friends. She is preceded in death by parents, Robert (Bob) Herbert Axson and Bertha Esmeralda (Alda) Glynn; husband and eternal companion of 25 years, Don Leon Peterson (1945-1994); her second husband of 22 years, John Charles Naegle (1939-2018); and granddaughter, Sarah Jane Rosenlund. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.
