The Shackelford and DeShazo Families:Information about Dale Edwin Petersen
Dale Edwin Petersen (b. May 13, 1911, d. August 16, 1926)
Notes for Dale Edwin Petersen:
Dale was at the Loup river, near Camp Sailing, swimming with some friends.They were diving into the river from the spring board.When Dale dove he hit bottom and turned his wrist.A few days latter it bothered him and he sought medical attention.Believing it was a bad sprain, the wrist was bandaged and he was sent home.A day or so later it became apparent that it was more serious.X-rays showed a break in one of the bones and tissues of the wrist inflamed.Dale was taken to Grand Island and hospitalized, but he could not stand the infection that had set in.
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Burial: Unknown, Rock Creek Cemetery.