Hilda Peterson

Hilda E. Peterson – 11/29/1936 – 1/20/2026

Hilda E. Peterson was born November 29, 1936, in Portchester, New York, to Gertrude E. and Frederick S. Palenius. She entered heavens gates January 20, 2026.

When she was 9 years old the family relocated to Pinellas Park, Florida. She graduated from St. Petersburg High School and continued her education at Mound Park Hospital School of Nursing, St. Petersburg, Florida, Southeastern Bible College, Lakeland, Florida, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, and midwifery training at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland. After completing her education, she spent 8 years in Africa as a missionary midwife with the Assembly of God denomination. After two terms as a missionary, she returned to the states where she met and married her husband of 51 years, David Peterson. She and her husband moved to Orlando, Florida where she worked for Disney and the State of Florida Department of Health as a registered nurse before retiring.

She is preceded in death by her parents Gertrude E. and Frederick S. Palenius, 2 brothers Harold F. and Gordon Palenius, and a sister Janette Nunez.

She is survived by her loving and devoted husband David Peterson, Orlando, Florida, her sister and brother-in-law Laura L. and Richard A. Spaulding, Mulberry, Florida, 17 nieces and nephews, 11 (plus) great nieces and nephews, and a great-great niece and nephew.

She was a member of the Calvary Assembly of God Church, Winter Park, Florida since 1978. She loved her Lord and Savior and devoted her life to God, family, and to bring comfort and the love of Jesus to all she met each day.

She is now “Safely Home” in Jesus’ arms:

I am home in heaven, dear ones.

Oh, so happy and so bright.

There is perfect joy and beauty

In this everlasting light.

All the pain and grief is over,

Every restless tossing past.

I am now at peace forever,

Safely Home in heaven at last.

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