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Karen would have graduated in the class of 1970 if not for a deadly accident on Jan 18, 1969, also killed in that accident was her 14 year old sister and classmate Thomas Rogers.
Both Karen and Thomas were juniors at DMHS at the time of the accident.
Both Pictures were copied from the 1969 Annual .
Karen and her sister are Robbie Drumm’s cousins .
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Karen and Frances Peterson
Karen Sherry Peterson 18, and Francis Gail Peterson 14, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Peterson of Peterson Road, died Saturday night as the result of an automobile accident. Both had attended local schools during all their school years, both were of the Baptist faith. Karen was President of the Woodman of the World Teen Club; Frances was vice president of the same organization. Other survivors besides their parents include two sisters, Ione Peterson and Mrs. Luana Kirts, both of Fort Pierce; and their maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brantley, of Fort Pierce. Funeral services for both girls will be held Tuesday at 3 P.M. at the Baird Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. J.W. Honea, of the Orange Avenue Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Memorial Park.
Thomas Warren Rogers
Thomas Warren Rogers, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rogers, of Emerald Lane, died Saturday night as the result of an automobile accident on Okeechobee Road. Thomas attended Dan McCarty High School and was of the protestant faith. Survivors besides his parents are his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Childress of Fort Pierce; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers of Fort Pierce; and a sister, Terry Lynn Rogers, also of Fort Pierce. Funeral services will be held at the graveside in Fort Pierce cemetery at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with Darrell Henson officiating. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Fort Pierce Funeral Home.
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Tommy Schwartz
I remember this very well. Tommy Rogers was one of my best friends. His sister Terry is still a friend of mine. It was a rainy Saturday night and they were involved in an accident on Okeechobee Road in the area of McNeil Road. Our band was one of those that played lots of the teen dances at the Woodsmen of the World club on 29th Street (just north of the Women's Club). Being so, we were around them and most of their friends very often. His father, Russell Rogers became the Fire Chief later. He is still alive and living in North Carolina. I haven't seen Ione, the sister of the girls in years. I think of Tommy everytime I hear the Moody Blues record "Tuesday Afternoon" because I had just loaned him my 45 rpm copy a couple days before this tragedy. I am grateful to whom ever it was that brought this to the attention of the class.
Tommy Schwartz
Garry Morrison
The class can give Robbie Drumm credit for noticing there was no "In Memory"
for either Karen or Thomas . The Peterson girls are Robbie's kin-folk.
I was around then but don't remember it, or have just forgotten(old age).
May all 3 rest in peace !