Austin James LeTourneau

October 5, 2000 - May 20, 2020

Austin James LeTourneau, 19, of Bay City, our considerate, sincere, and easy-going son, brother, grandson, cousin, and genuine friend passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 in Texas. Austin was born in Bay City on October 5, 2000, the son of Eric Peterson and Rebecca (LeTourneau) Zavala. He was a member of Bay City Central’s golf team and graduated from Farmington Central High School. A lover of baseball, Austin just received a job at Premier Baseball in Texas, and was applying to a baseball umpire training program in Texas, with a goal of becoming a major league umpire one day. He was a natural at any sport he participated in. In addition to baseball and golf, Austin enjoyed motocross, skateboarding, and fishing and hunting with his Papa. As a child, Austin won two motocross championships, a homerun derby in Little League, and more recently, he played on multiple golf leagues with his father and great-grandfather. Austin is survived by his mother, Rebecca (Anthony) Zavala and father, Eric Peterson (Christina); siblings, Abigail, Adreanna, Alexis, and Marcus; grandparents, Louise Anderson, Linda & Gerald Korthals, and Jesse & Katrina Zavala; aunts and uncles, Casey Lee-Marie Sayen, DeAnna (Jason) Jean, Katie (Jeremy) Caldwell, Tim Peterson (Nicole), many cousins and best friends, especially Kyle, Jacob, Keaghan, and Nick; special friend, Katarina Lockwood, and his faithful dog Harlee, Austin’s blessing in disguise, who he loved so much. Austin was welcomed home to heaven by his grandfather, Donald Peterson and great-grandparents, Nancy Katt and Gerald & Ruth Niedzielski. Fr. Dale Orlik will officiate a private family funeral at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 29, 2020 at Skorupski Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 821 N. Pine Rd., between Ridge & Center. The funeral will be limited to immediate family only and may be viewed live by clicking the following link: http://client.tribucast.com/tcid/78430318 Public visiting will follow on Friday from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, please be advised the number of visitors will be limited and there may be a wait. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the wishes of the family. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family online at www.skorupskis.com.