JOEL C. PETERSEN
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Joel Clarence Petersen, passed away on September 12, 2021, at the Fairmont Nursing Home in Fairmont, Nebraska at the age of 61. Joel was born on September 13, 1959, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Jerry and Anastasia (Minnick) Petersen. Joel was born with Down Syndrome and during this time, Jerry and Annie were proud to raise him themselves in their loving home. In January of 1960, the family moved to a farm in Cambridge, Nebraska where Joel spent his childhood.