Anna M. (Peterson) Walby

Anna M. (Peterson) Walby

Anna (Peterson) Walby, 93, passed away peacefully, May 27, 2012, in Havre, Mont., of natural causes. Services will be held Thursday May 31, 2012, at 2 p. m. in the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow.

Anna was born March 3, 1919, in Glasgow, to Cozy and Pete Peterson. She grew up on her mother's homestead gathering wild flowers and racing bareback across the wide open prairie. She attended Blinky Springs, a one-room schoolhouse, through eighth grade. At age 16, she married Art Walby and made her life farming in Ossette, close to Glasgow. Together Annie and Art worked f...