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Couple Still in Each Other's Corner 60 Years Later

Photo Courtesy of: Gary Kelly

Six decades after marrying in January 1955, Pete and Darlene Petersen celebrate their anniversary, reminiscing on the date in October 1954 when Pete asked Darlene to "be in his corner" the rest of their lives.

Photo Courtesy of: Gary Kelly

The happy couple, Darlene and Pete Petersen (center) were surrounded by their family at their 60th wedding anniversary celebration.

By The Petersen Family,
January 22, 2015 at 11:15pm. Views: 85

When longtime Grand Terrace resident Pete Petersen was a teenager in Minnesota, he competed four years in Golden Glove boxing competition. In 1950, he earned a Southern Minnesota Golden Glove featherweight championship. Following the upper Midwest finals, world heavyweight-boxing champion Jack Dempse, hung a pair of golden gloves on a purple ribbon around Petersen's neck and said, “Good luck, pal, and keep throwing those punches!” After Petersen’s Korean conflict U.S. Army discharge, he got his old job back where he was working at the Sioux Army Ordnance Depot in Sidney, Nebraska, before he was drafted. He continued to box with the Base Boxing Club. He met and fell in love with Darlene Anderson, a base employee and Chapel organist. On a date in October 1954, Petersen hung his hard-earned golden gloves around Anderson's neck and asked her to be in his corner the rest of their lives. Her answer was, "Yes - if you will quit boxing." They were married Jan. 8, 1955, moving to California in 1957 right out of college on Petersen's G.I. bill. At the Gonzales Center in Colton on Saturday, Jan. 10, 50 guests celebrated the couple's 60th wedding anniversary, hosted by their daughter Lori McCarver. Petersen re-hung the golden gloves around Darlene’s neck at the reception and kept his word to quit boxing, but serves as vice president of the Colton Boxing Club.

COLTON LIONS SUPPORTS LOCAL KIDS WITH NEW BACKPACKS

Photo Courtesy of: Dr G. (Luis S Gonzalez)

By Dr. Luis S Gonzalez, Community Writer

July 23, 2026 at 10:29am. Views: 242

Members of the Colton Lions Club who participated in the community Backpack Give-a-Way July 18

Inland Empire Medical Centers Achieve Prestigious Magnet with Distinction™ Designation

Photo Courtesy of: Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center

By Carol Soudah, Contributing Writer

July 23, 2026 at 10:29am. Views: 512

Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center and Riverside Medical Center have each earned Magnet® with Distinction™ recognition — the gold standard for clinical excellence and the highest national honor for exceptional nursing care.

Connecting Food Banks to Health Care Partners Essential to Fighting Food Insecurity

Photo Courtesy of: Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino

By Rachel Bonilla, Community Writer

July 23, 2026 at 10:29am. Views: 467

Together with CareMore Health, Loma Linda VA Hospital, Riverside University Health System (RUHS), and Riverside Free Clinic (RFC), FARSB screens neighbors for food insecurity and provides referrals to nutritious meals tailored to chronic disease management through the FoodRx program, along with nutrition education for long-term health.