Marie Petersen Gustafson (1930-2026) Warren High School class of 1948

 

1948 Dragon yearbook

Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home

Marie's high-school activities:

• Stenographers' CLub (4), Leaders' Club (2, 3), Assembly Program (3), Carnival (2), Commencement Usher (3).

1967 Warren City Directory

• Gustafson Marvin A (Marie) employee Sylvania 101 East Third Avenue
• Petersen Karl E (Olga W) retired 107 Buchanan Street

1983 Warren City Directory 

• Gustafson Marvin A & Marie E; sales manager GTE Sylvania 20 East Third Avenue

The popularity of Marie as a baby name was previously graphed in 2017, when it ranked #647.  Let's take another look. 

Source:  Social Security Administration

One of the most popular baby names for girls during the early decades of the 20th century, Marie spent 58 years in the top 100, peaking at #7 in 1901, 1903, and 1904.  After 1990, her popularity went into a steep decline, although she's currently treading water in the 600s.

Other class of '48 graduates (48):

2025

Louie Rieg.  (2/18)

Harry Glotz.  (2/2)

2024

Janice Dibble Bliss.  (11/4)

Joyce Flick Mead.  (9/5)

2023

Mary Jane Salerno Ayers.  (10/13)

Curtis Sorenson.  (9/13)

James Miller.  (6/6)

Phillip Colvin.  (1/12)

2022

Ronald Massa.  (11/17)

Jean Dyke Krieg.  (10/12/2022)

Douglas Rudolph.  (9/17)

Sallie Rapp Briggs.  (6/28)

2021

Richard Betts.  (10/31)

Geraldine Kiester Ristau.  (10/19)

James Stearns.  (10/4)

Carol Somers Wilson.  (8/28)

Wyllis Mead, (8/16)

Mary Radspinner Probst.  (3/13)

Mary Masci Valone.  (3/4)

Henry Hathaway Bailey.  (1/15)

Anne Tingwall Sandstrom.  (1/12)

Agnes Hessley Higham.  (1/5)

2020
James Suppa.  (12/23)

Mary Ann Hoflund Erik (5/24)
Thomas Lundberg.  (4/24)
James Zock.  (1/25)
Frances White Brown.  (1/5)

2019
Helen Yarzabek.  (11/7)
Betty Fitzgerald Bearfield.  (10/29)
Georgia Ann Valentine Kargle.  (7/26)
Shirlie Jean Kauffman.  (5/22)
Joanne Swanson Massa.  (2/23)

2018
Joanne Chester.  (11/13)
Betty Burke Dickinson.  (9/1)
Stephen Cosmano.  (8/29)
Beulah Fox Boll.  (3/16)

2017
Phyllis Miller Maze. (12/27)
Dorothy Anderson Turner.  (9/27)
Margaret Mathyer Conroy.  (4/26)

2016
Ruth Figliuzzi.  (11/5)
Donna Mack Schuler.  (3/19)

2015
Carol Jean Niver Hampson.  (10/22)
Frank Marlett.  (9/13)
John Giltinan.  (7/6)
Lela Nichols Akeley.  (6/24) 

2014
Ella Atwell Blum.  (12/24) 
Betty Carlson Johnson.  (10/26)
H. Kent Peterson.  (10/1)
Kenneth Lundahl.  (9/21)

2013 
Carl Leave.  (12/26)