Katherine "Kotty" Peterson

September 10, 1917     ~     June 4, 2002

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          Katherine “Kotty” Barrett Young Peterson, 84, Circle Springs Drive, Glasgow, died Tuesday at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.  A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Claudia Amelia White and Ampsa Perry Young.  She was the widow of the late James Edward “Ed” Peterson, who preceded her in death May 10, 2002. 

            Mrs. Peterson graduated Glasgow High School in 1936.  She was employed for many years at the Glasgow Republican and was bookkeeper at Western District Tobacco Warehouse in Glasgow.  She was a former State Secretary of the Kentucky 4-H Clubs, a member of the Glasgow Garden Club and the Glasgow Chapter of Business and Professional Women Clubs. 

            Survivors include one brother, Ampsa Perry “A.P.” Young, Jr. of Ashland, KY. and twelve nieces and nephews, Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Dooley Peterson of Cave City, Martha Neal Dooley Barnhouse of Sebring, OH, Audrey Ann Young Hudgins of Antioch, TN, Edwina Jane Young of Mustang, OK, George Chapman “Chappy” Young, Jr. of Palm City, FL, Amelia Vanzant Ryan, Samuel Joseph Riherd and Frank Barrett Riherd all of Glasgow, Jean Luckett Jones Davidson of Louisville, Frances Malcolm “Mikki” Jones Little of Maine, Verlinda Jean Young Gibbons of Arizona and Susan Frances Young Kanouse of Ashland, KY. 

            In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters, Amanda Young Dooley, Paul L. Young, George Chapman Young, Sarah Elizabeth Young, Virginia May Vanzant, Mary White Riherd and Lillian Frances Jones. 

            Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Hiseville Cemetery.  Friends may call after 11:00 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.  Alternate expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Barren County 4-H Council or the Hiseville Cemetery.