Londa Faye Peterson
Londa Faye Peterson, 56, of Anna, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Ind., with her husband holding her hand.
She was born on Sept. 6, 1968, in Blytheville, Ark., the daughter of the Rev. Rev. Joseph and Sheila Keen Aldridge.
On Aug. 12, 2000, she married the love of her life, Kevin Peterson. They shared 24 years of making wonderful memories.
She graduated from West Aurora High School, Class of 1986.
She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as a young child.Her dad had the honor of baptizing her as his sister-in-Christ. She served the Lord at the Community of Faith Church in Marion. She was on the praise team at the church. She loved to sing praises to the Lord. As a child, she and her sisters would gather around the piano with their dad and sing and sing. This passed on through her adulthood with her sisters and dad. She was a woman of faith. She inspired others with her words of faith and encouragement.
She loved thrift shopping. If there was a bargain to be had, she was the one who would find it.
She loved balloons and decorating for parties. She made every event colorful and fun.
Her greatest joy was spending time with her mom, who was her best friend. They would go on adventures and purposely get lost. Her mom was her right hand, especially during the last few months of her life.
She was a very giving person, even at the time of her death. She was an organ donor. In the words of her baby sister, “her memory endures through the lives she touched through organ donation.” Her sweet legacy will forever be remembered through those lives.
She is survived by her husband, Kevin Peterson of Anna; a son, James Peterson of Carbondale; a bonus daughter, Andrea (Tony) Hassler; bonus granddaughters Emily, Katelyn and Rachel; her mother, Sheila Aldridge of Jonesboro; a brother, Tim (Linda) Aldridge of Mattoon; a sister, Angela Cyphers of Murphysboro; a sister, Bridget (Tim) Flick of Cobden; a brother-in-law, Larry Cyphers of Makanda; her mother-in-law, Carol Peterson of Earlville; sisters-in-law Trena (Paul) Thompson of Rochelle, Aleshia (Larry) Zionce of Cary and Tamera Denton of Florida; a brother-in-law, Greg Peterson; her precious fur-baby, Piper; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her dad, the Rev. Joseph Aldridge; a son, Louis “Steven” Ledesma; a niece, Alicia Dawn Aldridge; her grandparents, Rudy and Helen Pacetti and Aaron and Mary Angela Stevens-Aldridge; and a father-in-law, Sherwood Peterson.
Funeral services for Londa Faye Peterson were Friday, Sept. 20, at 3 p.m. at Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro, with Pastor Troy Benitone and the Rev. Coy Camp officiating. Interment followed in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery at Lick Creek next to her son, Steven.
Memorials can be directed to her sisters, Angela Cyphers and Bridget Flick, to help offset the tremendous amount of medical bills and will be accepted at the funeral home.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
FLY HIGH OUR SWEET BUTTERFLY
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Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro was in charge of arrangements.