PETERS, Everett H. 1917 - 1999

PETERS, MCELROY, BANNING, HALL, SMED, COOPER, RICHARDSON

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/28/2014 at 10:43:19

EVERETT H. PETERS

CLEAR LAKE — Everett H. Peters, 81, of 18374 Grouse Ave., died Saturday (Feb. 13, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake. The Rev. Dean Hess and the Rev. Kermit Roisen will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Military honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Those wishing to make a memorial contribution are invited to do so in his name.

Everett was born May 12, 1917, in Mason City, the son of Henry and Vesta (McElroy) Peters. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1935. He was employed at the Pfaff Baking Company in Mason City until leaving for California in 1942 to work in the ship yards. In 1943 he joined the Merchant Marines and served the country during World War II. In 1945 he returned to Iowa and farmed with his brother-in-law in the West Bend area.

In 1947 he moved to Lake Park, Iowa, to farm. It was there that he met his wife. On Dec. 3, 1949, he was united in marriage to Leah Banning at the Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake. He continued farming in the area until moving to Clear Lake in 1958. In addition to farming in Clear Lake, he was employed at the State Brand Creamery. For several years in the 1970s the couple owned and operated the Lake Crest Cafe. After his retirement, Everett worked part time in the building trade industry. He worked on tractors as a hobby; he also enjoyed working with wood, gardening and traveling.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the American Legion.

Everett is survived by his wife, Leah Peters, of rural Clear Lake; four children, David Scott Peters of Atlanta, Ga., Coralene Hall and her husband, Brian, of Clear Lake, Michael Peters and his wife, Robin, of Iowa City, and Steven Peters of Waverly, Iowa; 10 grandchildren, Seth Peters, Lane Peters, Kyle Peters, Zach Hall, Ashley Hall, Alexis Hall, Jordan Peters, Aaron Peters, Stephan Peters and Nathan Peters. Another grandchild, Hannah Peters, is due in May. He is also survived by two sisters, Marian Smed of Sacramento, Calif., and Lucille Cooper and her husband, Bill, of Boise, Idaho; three brothers, Lloyd Peters and his wife, Irene, of Marshalltown, Iowa, Merlyn Peters and his wife, Shirley, of Macomb, Ill., and Richard Peters of Boise, Idaho; two sisters-in-law, Donna Richardson of Cambridge, Iowa, and Millie Peters of Rogers, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Don and Walter Peters; and an infant daughter, Maxine.