BORN JULY 11, 1903 ARCADIA, IOWA
ENTERED INTO REST SEPTEMBER 21, 1981 MANNING GENERAL HOSPITAL, MANNING, IOWA
AGE 78 YEARS 2 MONTHS 10 DAYS
SERVICES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981, 2 PM OHDE FUNERAL HOME, MANNING, IOWA
OFFICIATING PASTOR JOHN D. CORNISH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ORGANIST BONITA HAGEDORN
SOLOIST JUDY JOENS
INTERMENT MANNING CEMETERY
CASKETBEARERS: CLARENCE BOWERS, LESTER ANDRESEN, JOHN MILLER, RAY PRATT, HARRY JANSEN, HAROLD RUHDE

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR FELLOWSHIP AND LUNCH AT THE METHODIST CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning with the Rev. John D. Cornish officiating.

Bonita Hagedorn was organist and Judy Joens soloist. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.

Serving as casketbearers were Clarence Bowers, Harry Jansen, Lester Andresen, Harold Ruhde, John Miller, and Ray Pratt.

Mr. Peters is survived by a daughter Shirley and her husband Gene McCollum, Manning; a grandson Steve and his wife Linda, Manning; three great-grandchildren, Chad, Jeramy, and Mandy, and a brother Gilbert, Manning.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Edna on March 23, 1979, and a brother Elmer Peters.

He was born July 11, 1903, at Arcadia, a son of John A. and Clara (Lohmeier) Peters. He attended rural schools near Arcadia and schools in Manning. He was married to Edna Ramsey March 5, 1925. The couple farmed near Manning until they moved to town in 1949. He was employed by F.D. Ross & Company and the Aspinwall Co-op. He entered the Manning Plaza Nursing Home on August 1, 1973.

He was active in agricultural conservation, and the United Methodist Church in Manning, in which he held many offices.