PETER, Connie (nee Strum) 1954-2006

PETER, SESKER, STRUM

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 5/10/2006 at 19:37:19

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Funeral services for Connie Peter, age 52, of Osage, will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2006, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be at the Osage Cemetery.

Connie died Monday, May 8, 2006, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center-Hospice Unit in Osage.

Connie was born May 2, 1954, at Nevada, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Bette (Sesker) Strum. She graduated from Roland-Story High School in 1972, and attended cosmetology school in Ames. Connie was united in marriage to Calvin Peter on February 24, 1973, in Roland. They lived in Story City, where she practiced cosmetology for two years. They then moved to Melcher, Iowa. In 1981, they moved to Osage, where Connie was a daycare provider for 26 years. She was most recently employed as a cook at Osage Community Schools. Connie was an active member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church. She was an avid supporter of her husband's coaching career, her children and their activities, and of Osage athletics. Connie greatly loved her family, and her extended family of daycare children.

She was preceded in death by her father Richard Strum in 1985.

Connie is survived by her husband Calvin Peter of Osage; her daughter Melissa (Andy) Curry of Mitchell, South Dakota, and their children, Kenna and Josie; her son, Ben (Jen) Peter of Elgin, Minnesota, and their daughter, Kaylee;

her mother, Bette Strum of Mason City; her brothers, Dennis (Marge) Strum of New Hampton; Lonnie (Sandy) Strum of Roland; and several nieces and nephews.

Arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, (641)732-3706

[ Mitchell County Press-News online -- Posted May 10, 2006 -- www.mcpress.com ]

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Funeral services for Connie Peter, age 52, of Osage, Iowa, were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2006, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Interment was at the Osage Cemetery. Connie died Monday, May 8, 2006, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center-Hospice Unit in Osage.

Connie was born May 2, 1954, at Nevada, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Bette (Sesker) Strum. She graduated from Roland-Story High School in 1972, and attended cosmetology school in Ames. Connie was united in marriage to Calvin Peter on February 24, 1973, in Roland. They lived in Story City, where she practiced cosmetology for two years. They then moved to Melcher, Iowa. In 1981, they moved to Osage, where Connie was a daycare provider for 26 years. She was most recently employed as a cook at Osage Community Schools. Connie was an active member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church. She was an avid supporter of her husband's coaching career, her children and their activities, and of Osage athletics.

She was preceded in death by her father Richard Strum in 1985.

Connie is survived by her husband Calvin Peter of Osage; her daughter Melissa (Andy) Curry of Mitchell, South Dakota, and their children, Kenna and Josie; her son Ben (Jen) Peter of Elgin, Minnesota, and their daughter Kaylee; her mother Bette Strum of Mason City, Iowa; her brothers, Dennis (Marge) Strum of New Hampton, Iowa, and Lonnie (Sandy) Strum of Roland; and several nieces and nephews.

Arrangements were made by the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, Phone: 641-732-3706.

[Original version posted May 17, 2006 on www.mcpress.com - Mitchell County Press ]