ProRodeo Sports News - August 24, 2018

PRCA NOTES

FRED J. PETERSEN

and six siblings, Don (Carol), Harriet Whitesell, Dorothy Dechiro, Nina Sue (Marlon) Thielsen, Doug (Susie), Dell, and Helen (Ron Hexum).

Fred J. Petersen, a PRCA saddle bronc rider and Gold Card member, of Flandreau, S.D., passed

away Aug. 12 at the Dougherty Hospice House, in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was 85. Petersen was born May 11, 1933, in Flandreau to Harry and Nina (Lee) Petersen. He received his education at O’Brien and Vance country schools. He farmed with his dad

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JIMMIE Y. ADAMS

SHANLEE JOANNE WOODFIN

Jimmie Y. Adams, a trick rider and trick roper in the PRCA, passed away Aug. 16 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 87. Adams was born Feb. 12, 1931, to Robert and Mattie (Johnson) Adams in Fort Smith, Ark. He was a retired dispatcher and rodeo performer. Adams proudly served in the U.S. Army during the KoreanWar and was a Gold Card member of the PRCA. He had the opportunities of a lifetime appearing on TV shows, movies, performing for the troops, and traveling all over the United States and overseas. Adams was preceded in death by his parents; and his brothers, Richard Adams and Basil Adams. He is survived by daughters, Teresa (Dennis) McQueen; Tammy (Joey) Williams; son, Brent Adams; grandchildren, Garrett McQueen and Trivette Adams; great-grandchildren McKinley McQueen, Jace Williams, Kayla Williams, KatherynWilliams; and Adams’ companion, Charlotte.

Born July 30 to PRCA team roping heeler Will Woodfin and his wife, Savannah, of Marshall, Texas, a girl, Shanlee, weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 19 inches long. This is the couple’s first child. TEAGAN RAY DAVIS Born Aug. 16 to PRCA team roping heeler Dustin Davis and his wife, Taryn, of

and then drove trucks for A.L. Storer. Petersen was a member of the South Dakota National Guard from 1952-54 before serving in the U.S. Army fromMarch 1954 to March 1956. He raised cattle all his life. He was a saddle bronc rider in rodeos for 12 years. Petersen married Judy Bachman on July 21, 1961, in Flandreau. They bought a farm in 1962 and Petersen continued to ranch and farm. Petersen was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by three daughters, Jody (Tommy) Wallin-Clark, Mindy (Mike) Smith and Sally (Michael) Johnson; six grandchildren, Aspen, Gavin, Joshua, Matthew, Heather (Eric) Beltman, Megan (Craig) Veldkamp; two step- grandchildren, Jack and Grace Clark; four great- grandchildren, Aurora, Brooklyn, Blakely, Nora;

Woodfin

Terrell, Texas, a boy, Teagan, weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19¼ inches long. This is the couple’s first child. Davis

Help is on the Way

Will O’Connell rides in to pick up bareback rider Jesse Pope at the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, Aug. 9.

Todd Brewer photo

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