Randall "Randy/Ranny" Wayne Peterson Sr

Randall "Randy/Ranny" Wayne Peterson Sr. (1934-2023) passed Thursday November 2nd, 2023 in the late afternoon. A public memorial service is scheduled at St James Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge on Thursday November 16th 2023. Visitation begins at 9 am and the services commence at 10:30 am. Guidance regarding the wake for Randy will be announce during visitation and following the memorial services. Donations may be made to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline or to a personal charity, of your choice. More than sixty of Randy's eighty-eight years were spent as a Louisiana resident, although his life began in (Quad Cities) Moline, Illinois on November 23, 1934. Randy graduated Rock Island High (Quad Cities) where his father taught math, science and coached football... he continued on to the University of Colorado at Boulder and received his degree in chemical engineering. Randy began his professional life working at what is now the Exxon Mobil Refinery. Also at this point, Randy began his family, as he and, Baton Rouge native, Margie A. Ronaldson met and later married. Together Margie and Randy moved For "Exxon" to Chicago (insert presence of first child, Lauren) and New York City (insert second child, Randall). The next step along Randy's career path led them back to Baton Rouge... and to the end of his time employed with "Exxon". Opportunity re-oriented his career towards entrepreneurship, with an industrial fiberglass fabrication business. Industrial plastics sold to another industrial company. Doing business would always be related to "the family" or as an "independant" operation from this point forward. Randy is survived by his son, Randall, and Randy's niece, Pam Peterson. Preceding him in death includes Roger (his brother), Betty (sister-in-law, Margie (his wife), Lauren (his daughter), his niece Peggy (husband Al Blackford), Walker Jr (brother-in-law) and Paige Kathrine (daughter-in law). Also, Randy had connections with many people who were family without the typical "blood" relationship and are most definitely his "family" of a sort. The outdoors... water, mountains, swamp, desert...outside grounded and re-charged much of his energy. Ideas like God, Love, connection were probably clearest when outdoors. Writing and reading are some other areas of motivation where Randy enjoyed and excelled. Involvement in social and professional organizations also motivated Randy, such groups included years of time volunteering for a local branch of National crisis/suicide prevention, and involvement with society of engineers and land surveyors, Rotary Club, Baton Rouge Round Table, and a college social fraternity to name of few of these organizations. "Mentoring" also interested Randy... for the most of his time was applied, be it with with family, co-workers, friends, neighbors, customers and even some competitors. "Randy seemed to have pretty normal feet, even though he went through many shoes" in his time. "Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, suggested Charlie Brown... maybe they are openings where our loved ones shine through... letting us know they are happy." from Lessons Learned and Peanuts.

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