Marty's Friend Gordon Peterson Dies in Accident

Gordon Sevell Peterson
Gordon Sevell Peterson 1964 ~ 2008 Gordon Sevell Peterson, 43, passed away June 17, 2008, from injuries sustained in an accident while installing a modular home. Born December 31, 1964, in Murray, to Gifford Allen and Rozanne Hammer Peterson. He married Deanna Mumford, later divorced. He married Tonia Butcher on April 29, 1994, in West Jordan. Survived by wife, Tonia, Sandy; children, William Peterson, Roy; Amy Peterson, Veronica "Ronnie" Peterson, both of Sandy; mother, Rozanne Ellis, Duchesne; granddaughter, Piper Garner; brothers and sisters, Jeffrey A. (Ronda) Peterson; Cindy Sue Mecham, Bonnie L. Peterson, Julie Ann Nelson, all of Duchesne; mother-in-law, Carol Herrera, Roosevelt; father-in-law Gordon (Verna) Butcher, Moab; brothers-in-law, Robert (Jefrilyn) Anderson, Altamont; Steve Butcher, Roosevelt; and Scott Butcher, Moab and extended family and friends. Preceded in death by his father, Gifford; step-father, Lynn J. Ellis; grandson, Kain Gifford Peterson, brothers-in-law, Clay Nelson, Howard Mecham and William Barr. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the Duchesne LDS Stake Center. Friends and family may call at the church on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Duchesne Cemetery under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary. www.hullingermortuary.com Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 6/19/2008.

Our friend Tonya called us this morning from Salt Lake to tell us her husband was killed yesterday. Gordon was one of Marty's closest friends growing up. Marty worked with Gordon setting Manufactured Homes up until 7 years ago when we moved here to Nauvoo. Our prayers are with his family. He was a good friend and he will be missed.




Man crushed to death by mobile home
Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:15 a.m. MDT

WOODS CROSS — A man was crushed to death after a mobile home slid off a set of jacks, pinning him.
The accident happened Tuesday afternoon at a mobile home park near 500 South and 1300 West. The 43-year-old victim and two co-workers were moving the prefabricated home into place, police said.

"Officers arrived to find the mobile home that slid off the jacks. We tried to get the mobile home off of him," said Woods Cross Police Sgt. Ekolu Delos Santos.

The man was extricated from underneath the 30,000 pound home, and paramedics tried unsuccessfully to revive him.

"We didn't have a pulse," Delos Santos said.

On Wednesday, detectives were traveling to Duchesne to notify the man's family of his death. Police said the man lived in Salt Lake County. Federal occupational safety investigators have also been called in to investigate the industrial fatality.

"It looks like a tragic accident," Delos Santos said. "It slid off the jack and he got caught."