OCTOBER 2, 2019
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Peter Traudt: the Master of a Successful Life
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent When a person speaks to Peter Traudt, his alertness beguiles the fact that he is 92. Peter was born at Duffield,
many cousins. Also, he recalled how his step-father needed Peter more than he needed his right arm as Peter was very mechanically inclined. He found out he could manipulate his father
not going to put a lamp there, quit complaining and two weeks later, there was a lamp on the table. Then
my father couldn’t put it together and I was able to,” Peter admitted. Peter said they were mil-
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Peter said he always thought differently than others and that is what he believes helped him live successfully for 92 years. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Alberta in 1927 where he grew up on a farm. Peter’s biological father passed away when he was a toddler and his mother remarried when Peter was 27 months which was when he obtained two stepsisters and they came to live on a farm in Vegreville. His earliest memories included playing with his
when he was about nine or 10 years old. One time, he told his parents he wished they had a better light; one can of cream is $10 and the lamp they needed was $9.60. “The second time, I told them they wouldn’t even miss one can of cream. They still said no but the third time, my father told my mother, ‘If you are
