Clarence "Click" Emil PetersenIvinsClarence "Click" Emil Petersen, age 98, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2017 in Ivins, Utah. He was born on January 19, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mads Emil and Gladys Croxford Petersen. He married Donna Howick on July 2, 1940 in the Salt Lake City Temple.Click loved his family, hunting, fishing and golfing. He left a legacy to his children of integrity and hard work. He served in the US
Army during
WWII. Click and his brother, Don, owned and operated Western Auto Wrecking. After 38 years, he retried and sold the business to his son, Gary, so he could visit his Bayhorse Ranch in Challis, ID and golf in St. George, UT. Click eventually moved to Mesquite, NV before moving into the Ivins Veterans Home, where he passed away.He is survived by his wife, Donna Petersen, Mesquite, NV; children, Gary Lynn (Linda Flowers) Petersen, Ivins, UT; daughter, Linda Lee Erickson, Mesquite, NV; 19 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Frank (Janice) Petersen, SLC, UT.The family would like to thank the staff of the Ivins Veterans Home for their care and tender ministering to Click.Graveside services will be held Friday, February 24, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ivins City Cemetery, Ivins, UT.Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, (435) 673-2454. Friends and family are invited to sign his guestbook at
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