Isabella County MI Archives Obituaries.....Peters, Gerald September 10, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tammie Sisco climbingthefamilytree@yahoo.com March 8, 2006, 12:14 am Obituary is located on back of funeral card ~ 2003 Gerald Peters July 30, 1932 - September 10, 2003 Gerald Peters, age 71, of Mt. Pleasant, passed from this world in peace with the Lord, on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at his home. Funeral services were held on Friday, September 12, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Chippewa Indian United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Pastor Marshall Collins officiating. Visitation was on Thursday, September 11 at the church with a wake service in the evening. Memorial contributions were suggested to a charity of the donors choice. Gerald was born in Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan on July 30, 1932 to Helen Bennett and James H. Peters. Gerald graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1952. He then enlisted in the US Army and served in Korea. He was honorably discharged as a corporal in 1954. He married Barbara Anne Blaisdell on May 1, 1976. He worked in construction for many years and retired as a security guard from the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. Gerald was a member of the Chippewa Indian Tribe, and the Michigan Laborers Union. Gerald is survived by his wife, Barbara of Mt. Pleasant; his brother Phillip (Autumn) Peters, Sr; his sister, Theresa Falcon, all of Mt. Pleasant; three daughters, Cynthia (Patrick) Currie of Flint, Patricia Symons of Alma, and Kay (Art) Kievit of Escanaba; grandchildren, Shane (Stacie) McCulley, Margaret (Jamie) Massey, Mega (Dan) Sodini, Amanda McCulley, Angie (Rod) Carter, Brian McCulley, Charles (Jill) Kievit, Beth (Gerald) Busick, Abby Kievit, William Kievet, and Heidi Kievit; great grandchildren, Amanda, Wesley, Brooke, Heather, Ashley, Shannon, Dione, Gillian, Allie Rose, Kate, Adrina, and Chloe, Laura, Donald, and Jamie, Jr; and many many nieces and nephews who sorely will miss their uncle. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Helen Peters; sisters Emma Slater, Christine Graveratte, Betsey Hall, and Judy Floyd; and brothers, Selkirk and Floyd Peters. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/isabella/obits/p/peters704gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb