Walter and Bessie Peterson, a Photo Essay

     Having just written about my grandparents, Walter Leonard Peterson and Elizabeth "Bessie" Hudson Peterson, I notice that I have many photos of them together through the years. So I thought it would be nice to do a photo essay showing them as they grew old together.

     This is the only photo I have of Bessie before she met Walter, she is around 14 here I think.

     And here is Walter's High School Graduation photo:

Walter and Bessie's wedding photo 17 Aug 1917.

Walter and Bessie and their first son, Wally, in 1918.

Walter, Bessie and family: Wally, Betty and Jack, 1924

Walter, Bessie, Wally, Betty, Jack and Bessie's sisters ca 1927

Walter and Bessie, 1928

Walter, Betty, Bessie and Jack, ca 1930

Wally, Betty, Walter, Bessie and Jack ca 1936

Bessie and Walter ca 1935

Walter and Bessie ca 1939

Walter and Bessie ca 1940

Walter Bessie and Grace about 1940

Walter and Bessie also around 1940

Walter and Bessie with Edith and Luke Kells about 1942

Walter and Bessie 1943

Walter, Bessie and Walter's brother and sisters, Aug 1945

Walter and Bessie 1947

Walter, Bessie, Wally, Betty and Jack, June 1947

Wally, Jill, Rick, Bessie and Walter, 1948

Bessie and Walter at Mt. Rushmore, ca 1950

Walter, Bessie and Jack ca 1956

Walter and Bessie 1959

Walter and Bessie 1964

Walter, Bessie, Ruby and John ca 1965

Walter and Bessie, Aug 1966

Walter, Bessie, Margaret, Wendy and Rhonda June 1967

Walter, Bessie, Jill, Rick, Margaret and Rhonda 1966

Walter and Bessie, 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1967

Walter and Bessie, July 1968

Walter and Bessie, ca 1969

Walter and Bessie, 1970

Walter, Bessie and Alma ca 1970

Walter, Bessie, Alma and Grace ca 1970

Walter and Bessie, 1971

Walter, Bessie, Betty, Jack and Rhonda 1971

Walter and Bessie 1974

Walter and Bessie, 57th Wedding Anniversary, 1974

Walter and Bessie, Athens, 1974

Walter, Bessie and Wally 1974

Walter and Bessie, 1975

Walter, Bessie, Grace, Alma, Michael, and Jill Apr 1976

Walter and Bessie, 60th Anniversary, Aug 1977

Walter and Bessie, Aug 1977

Walter, Bessie and Jack, 1979

Walter and Bessie, 1979

To Walter and Bessie for all the love that was and is and will ever be!