Michelle "Shelly" R. Peterson

Michelle “Shelly” Renee (Lueck) Peterson died at age 55 from stage four pancreatic cancer, she died in her home in Wausau on November 22, 2022, with her daughter Claire by her side.

Michelle, lovingly nicknamed “Shelly” was born July 31, 1967 at Wausau Hospital to parents Gary Lueck and Katherine “Kathy” (Davidoski) Lueck.  She grew up off Highway Y in Birnamwood and was an only child until 1976 when her brother Jesse Lueck was born.  Michelle had two other half siblings, Robin and Andrew Wilson.  She graduated from Wittenberg-biramwood High School in 1985.

Michelle Worked many unusual jobs in her life, most significantly at Wolohan’s Lumber in Stevens Point where she met her husband, Jon Peterson.  On May 15, 1999 Jon and Michelle got married and had two children, son Niklas (23) born September 1999 and daughter, Claire (21) born December 2001.  Michelle was a loving and passionate mother.  She was so very proud of her children and was an extremely involved and nurturing mother.

Michelle went back to school and received her associate degree in nursing from North Central Technical College in 2008.  After receiving her RN she began working as a nurse at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.  Michelle continued her education while working and raising her two children and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in 2012 with her Bachelor of Nursing Science.  She left beside nursing and began work at Humana in 2016.

She loved gardening, water color, beach days on Lake Superior, cooking, crafts, animals and her children.

Besides her parents, Gary and Katherine, she was preceded in death by her beloved dog, Reggie.

Survivors include her children, Niklas and Claire; brothers, Jesse (Christine) Lueck, and Andrew Wilson; sister, Robin Wilson; niece and nephews, Alex, Dustin, Nicole and Issac Lueck, Ambrose Kronenwetter.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com