Melvin J Peters

Melvin J. Peters

Melvin J. Peters, 77, of Newton, farmer, stockman and carpenter, died Monday (Oct. 18, 1999) at Newton Medical Center.

He was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Goessel to John E. and Bertha (Becker) Peters. He married Wilma Laubhan June 22, 1947, in Marion. She survives of Newton.

He was a member of Tabor Mennonite Church. He was a lifetime Newton area resident.

Other survivors include: three sons, Don Peters of Newton, Ron Peters of Leon and Larry Peters of Benton; one daughter, Joyce Demo of El Dorado; two brothers, Victor Peters of Hesston and Elmer Peters of Emporia; three sisters, Laura Foth of Newton, Ruth Fiedler of Wichita and Luella Dyck of Moundridge; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Petersen Funeral Home Chapel with the retired Chaplain Rev. Robert Suderman from Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Burial will be in the Walton Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Petersen Funeral Home.

Memorials have been established with American Heart Association and American Lung Association.