Murray Martin Peterson, 79, of Russell, PA., died at his residence, Monday, December 4, 2023. 

He was born December 6, 1943, in Jamestown, New York.  He was the son of Murray H. and Viola M. Martin Peterson.  Murray was a lifelong Warren area resident.  He was a 1961 graduate of Northern Area High School.  He earned his bachelor’s degree in education from the California University of Pennsylvania. 

Murray was employed as a woodshop schoolteacher with the Warren County School District, teaching at Beaty Jr. High School and Warren Area High School, retiring in 1994, after 32 years teaching.  After retirement, he went to work with the Warren County Assessment office and worked his family farm. Murray was a member of the Stateline Draft Horse Club, and Carroll Lodge 1147 Free and Accepted Masons. 

Murray was a former Volunteer Fireman with the Russell Volunteer Fire Department.  He had served as a board member of the Warren County Fair, where he was instrumental in making sitting benches, constructing the Band Aid Barn, building Fort Williams, and building dressing rooms in the old Cornplanter Pavilion. Murray enjoyed pitching horseshoes and bowling. He loved woodworking and his horses. He made patterns for the Boy Scouts of America to make benches with.

Murray is survived by his wife of 57 years, Anna Mignogna Peterson, whom he married January 22, 1966, in Greensburg, PA., 2 children – Christina Burns of Sugar Grove, PA., Mark Peterson and wife, Nikki of Russell, PA., his sister – Kathy Rogerson and husband, Willard of Erie, PA., 3 Grandchildren – Jessalyn Palmer, Leah Peterson and Maxwell Peterson, several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Friends may call at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc., 304 East Street, Warren, PA., on Saturday, December 9, 2023, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. where a funeral and committal service will be conducted Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. with Murray’s nephew, Deacon Jeremy Rogerson, Officiating.  Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Russell, PA. 

Those wishing to place memorials may do so through Warren County Fair, Inc., P.O. Box 230, Pittsfield, PA. 16340, or Shriners Children’s Hospital, 1645 W. 8^th Street, Erie, PA. 16505, or Paws Along the River, 212 Elm Street, Warren, PA. 16365.  E-mail condolences may be sent by visiting www.delewisfuneralhome.com