ARCHIVED  May 26, 2006

Insurance agency co-founder ‘always saw good in people’

GREELEY – When Pamela Stokes was a girl, she would sometimes visit the offices of Flood & Peterson Insurance Inc. with her father, B.D. “Pete” Peterson.

“He always knew everybody who worked at the office,´ said Stokes, who now lives near Corpus Christi, Texas. “And not just by name. He always knew who they were and what was going on in their lives.”

Peterson, 90, co-founder of Flood & Peterson Insurance Inc., died on May 9 in Greeley. His ability to connect with employees was evident when long-time workers offered condolences to Stokes.

“I got cards from women who worked there 30-some years,…

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