Russel Carl Petersen Obituary (1957

Russel Carl Petersen, 63, a resident of the Forest Grove community passed away on September 24. 2021 at the OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center in Hillsboro He was born on December 17, 1957 in Minot, ND. He was the youngest of three sons born to Oluf and Ruth (Christianson) Petersen. He was raised in Plentywood MT and attended Plentywood High School Class of 1976 Russel met his future wife, Sandra K Hoyt, through mutual friends and following a nine-month courtship they married on July 12, 1985 in Plentywood, MT. They made their home in Plentywood until 1990 when they moved to Oregon and settled n Forest Grove in 1993. Russel had several jobs throughout his career building houses, farming, gas station attendant, Grain Elevator, Truck driver for the oil field, Cenex hauling gas and propane, Carson Oil. For the past 27 years he drove truck for Parr Lumber Company. He loved motorcycles, ATV, and UTV's riding in the sand dunes on the Oregon Coast. He enjoyed grilling Sunday dinners on his Traeger and enjoyed good food with friends and family. For the holiday's he would always make his famous Danish Red cabbage which no one else could do as good as him. He is preceded in death by his parents, two infant daughters; Karleen and Amy and a brother Richard. He is survived by his loving wife; Sandra, a son and his wife; Jasper and Megan of McMinnville, and his grandchildren Noah, Kayson, Laney and Adelyn; brother; Ronald Petersen and fiancée Tina Plant of Roseburg and sister in-law Barb Petersen.