Edna I. Peters

Edna Peters, age 97, of Storm Lake died Monday, November 11, 2013 at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community following a lengthy illness. Edna I. Lamaak was born October 18, 1916 on a farm by the little town of Herring, Iowa the daughter of Friedrich and Elisa (Jahnke) Lamaak. This town had a grocery store and post office in one. She began her education attending country school about 2 Â½ miles from home for which she had to walk to and from in hot or cold weather. She and her family moved to Lake View when Edna was in fourth grade until the eighth grade. Edna started working out of the home when she was 11 years old, doing restaurant work and house work in Lake View. She then moved to Carroll, Iowa and worked for Paul Langerfelt and his wife for several years before marriage to Eddie Peters. Eddie began working for Paul following their wedding. Paul was a Catholic Church decorator and his wife was ill. On April 11, 1938 Edna was united in marriage to Eddie Peters at the Breda Presbyterian Church by the Reverend Walters. Their wedding witnesses were Benjamin Van Glon and Lucille Lashier. Edna and Eddie went to different Catholic Churches to paint and decorate. Eddie painted and Edna cooked for six men and their wives in a small cabin at Ute, Iowa for a month. The men would eat first and then their wives. Edna took a leave from work when she was expecting Donna. She was born on August 29, 1939 at grandma and grandpaâ€™s house. Shortly after, Edna returned to cooking again for the gang. The crew was so glad to have Edna back and spoiled the baby. When Donna was 2 Â½, the family moved to a farm two and a half miles west of Breda, Iowa and stayed there for three years. While in Breda, Edna milked cows by hand for a dairy. The milk was picked up by a milk processor in Breda. Donnie was born in the Sac City Hospital on December 26, 1944. Larry was born on a farm in Rembrandt on April 1, 1948 then the family relocated to the Rembrandt area, and eventually bought a farm at Peterson, Iowa. Edna took nurses aide training and became an aide for one year and then worked in physical therapy. She went to homes in Marathon, Albert City, and Storm Lake where she did therapy on stroke and hip patients for several years. She had two families she worked with for six years until they passed away. After her retirement, Edna worked in the Storm Lake Area homes taking care of the sick and continued with home therapy until she turned seventy-one. Survivors include her children: Donna Jackson of Culpeper, Virginia, Donald Peters and wife Marilyn of Alta, Iowa, and Larry Peters and wife Joleen of Rembrandt, Iowa; eight grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and numerous other extended family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: William, Harry, Hans, John, Henry, Fred, Richard, and Carl; sisters: Anna and Ida; and grandson, Brad Smith.

Edna I. Peters

October 18, 1916 - November 11, 2013