Jean Hoadley Peterson

Jean Hoadley Peterson (???? - September 11, 2001), retired. She was born in Evanston, Illinois, grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and lived in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Jean earned her nursing degree from the University of Rochester, and her master's degree[?] in education from Columbia University. In 1994 she married her husband, Donald A. Peterson.

Jean's retirement years were spent as a Baptist missonary[?] where she traveled to the West Indies.

Peterson died at 55 in the crash of United Airlines flight 93 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. She was on her way to attend an annual family reunion at Yosemite National Park with her husband. They were scheduled for a later United Airlines flight, 91. Upon arriving early at the airport they had their reservations changed to flight 93.

She is survived by her parents, Walter & Virginia Hoadley; brother, Richard Hoadley; daughters Jennifer, Grace & Catherine Price; sons David, Hamilton & Royster Peterson; and granddaughter, Charlotte.

Tributes and Comments[?]

See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties.

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External Links

Lives Remembered: Donald and Jean Peterson (http://www.nj.com/crisis/lr/index.ssf?/obits/ledger/peterson)