Edwin Vince Peterson

Edwin (known to us all as Ed) Peterson was born in Chicago on November 22, 1948. His father was a plumber by trade, and his mother was a homemaker. Ed is survived by a brother named Don. Ed grew up loving sports; he was an excellent baseball player and played on the Foreman High School baseball team. He also enjoyed playing tennis and was very good at all racquet sports, participating in various tournaments. After high school, he attended Northern Illinois University for three years and joined the Army before graduating college. After serving his country, he completed his college degree. Ed made friends in high school with whom he kept in contact all his life. His friends always knew Ed to be kind and willing to help when called upon. He liked to travel and hike the great national parks of America. After moving to Tucson, Ed started up a coupon business and saw it as an exciting new venture. He lived there for a few years before moving to Arivaca, Arizona.

Someone at the Arivaca store, the Mercantile, made a remark about a tennis player named Ed. Ed turned out to be Ed Peterson, a great tennis player. Lots of tennis, and then, pickleball. Fantastic pickleball player. He was one of the two who introduced pickleball in Arivaca. The group, since, has been as big as sixteen. On the Arivaca courts, Ed became Edwin, to distinguish him from a different player also named Ed. Tournament play was enjoyed over the years, in communities near and around Tucson, starting in 2015. He was known for his chop shot. Ed started to have breathing problems and started to cut back on his playing. He talked about his coupon business, spirituality, and procrastination. He left a lot of tennis racquets in a closet and in his RV. That was perhaps his greatest love. “Game, set, match, Edwin. Well played.”