Dorothy A. Peterson

Dorothy Ann (McNulty) Peterson, 91, died on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Kalispell at the Immanuel Lutheran Home where she had lived for the past six years.

She was born Nov. 29, 1918, in Fergus Falls, Minn., to Martin and Hattie McNulty. She had four brothers, George, Bud, Don and Joe, and four sisters, Irene, Margaret, Claryce and Ivy.

“Mom was a hard-working, no-nonsense Irish woman all the way,” family said. “She loved her family and friends and enjoyed family gatherings – McNulty family reunions were legendary.”

Mrs. Peterson enjoyed huckleberry picking, fishing, her grandchildren, playing cribbage and bingo, and had developed a reputation as one of the best cooks around.

“She dedicated many years to caring for her invalid daughter, Marilyn, and went to the Libby Care Center two or three times a day until her death in 1984,” family said. “She was an independent woman until the day she left us.”

She was preceded in death by her husband, Don, in 1993; daughter, Marilyn, in 1984; her parents, four brothers and two sisters.

She is survived by three sons, Don of Ajo, Ariz.; Jim of Kalispell; Doug of Winnemucca, Nev.; daughter, DeeDee of Kalispell; seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters; and many nieces and nephews.

Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory in Kalispell handled arrangements.

Family and friends are invited to share memories of Mrs. Peterson online at www.jgfuneralhome.com (click on Obituaries and Tributes and scroll down page to find her name).