Lebanon Soup Kitchen manager’s sudden death shocks associates

Randy Peterson, manager of the Lebanon Soup Kitchen, died suddenly May 12.
He was 52.
Peterson had managed the SKIT, as it was known, since June of 2019. Prior to that he had worked for Fred Meyer for 29 years throughout the Pacific Northwest.
He and his wife Brenda, who were high school sweethearts at Oakridge High School, had one daughter, Charise, and son-in-law Kelly Blodgett, and five grandchildren, Adelynn, Maggie, Eliza, Lucas and Samuel.