Mother’s Day Memoirs

by Mark Peterson

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, and in the United States we celebrate our moms on the second Sunday of May. Handmade Mother’s Day cards by young children and hard-to-get brunch reservations are hallmarks of the day. Everyone’s mother is special to them, and I hope you will indulge me as I write about my mom, Nancy Peterson a lady many Lake Harmony residents knew.

She was born Nancy Louise Hafner on December 2, 1936, in Rochester, New York and was the youngest of six children. Nancy attended Catholic girls’ schools from start to finish, graduating with a BSN Degree from Nazareth College in 1958. When her then-boyfriend couldn’t make it to the Christmas Formal, her eldest brother arranged a blind date for her. That man, the son of Swedish immigrants, was Fran Peterson.

In a letter to a friend, Nancy wrote about how she met my dad: “I’m now very much in love with the most wonderful guy in the world. He works with Fritz at Borough’s and is really terrific. The whole situation is really funny from the first time

See MOTHERS DAY, page 7

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811Stoney Hollow Rd

Pocono Lake

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