OBITUARY
Memorial services for Kent Wayne Peterson, 60, of Portales will be held at 1:00 PM, Wed., Dec. 21, 2016 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with family members and friends officiating.
Kent was born April 11, 1956, in Sacramento, CA to the home of Lillian Anne (Lund) and Brian Wayne Peterson and died the morning of Dec. 16, 2016 in Lubbock, TX. Wayne grew up moving around the world with his Air Force family. His father was stationed for several years in Germany. By the time he was ready to graduate from high school, the family was living in Dexter, NM where he graduated as class Valedictorian. He later earned an undergraduate degree from New Mexico State University. He went on to earn his law degree from Texas Tech, graduating in 1980. He was in private practice in Moriarty, NM for two years before beginning his career with the State of New Mexico working in various District Attorney’s offices around the state. After 18 years as a prosecutor, Kent became a child support officer and served for ten years in that capacity in Roosevelt County. He had been retired since 2013.
Kent enjoyed reading and playing chess. He was an accomplished musician, and played a number of instruments, but had actually earned his living while in college as a concert cellist. In Truth or Consequences, NM on Jan. 15, 1987 he was married to his wife, Leslie. Together they ran an online Bulletin Board. He loved “techy” stuff, as well as his various pets, but his greatest enjoyment came from his two grandchildren. He was always ready for time with either or both of them.
He is survived by his wife, Leslie of their home; two sons and a daughter-in-law, James and Jacqueline Peterson of Albuquerque and Scott Peterson of Portales; a daughter, Crysta Peterson of Albuquerque; two grandchildren, Zoe Mae Peterson and Edward Dean Behnke; his mother, Lillian Peterson of Albuquerque; a brother, Benton Peterson of Albuquerque; and two sisters, Sharon Hagen of Albuquerque and Debra Herbert of Fort Mill, SC. He was preceded in death by his father, Brian Wayne Peterson.
Wheeler Mortuary
500 E Third St. , P O Box 116
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: (575) 356-4455
Fax: (575) 356-2646
Email: info@wheelermortuary.net
