‘Servant leader’: Family of the Meridian man killed in Lewiston U-Haul explosion, mourns devoted father and husband

BOISE, Idaho — Doug Peterson’s life was defined by service to his family and his friends on his final day.

The 61-year-old Meridian man was killed instantly Saturday morning when a propane tank attached to a barbecue exploded inside a U-Haul truck in an Old Navy parking lot in Lewiston. He never made it out of the lot.

“It’s hard to summarize a person in a sentence or a paragraph,” said Tina Turley, Peterson’s sister-in-law. “Doug was one of the good guys. He was always there to help, even though he probably didn’t have the time.”…

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