Sharen Peters Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Sharen K. Peters, age 76, of Storm Lake, Iowa died August 25, 2020 at her home in Storm Lake after a short illness. Funeral services will take place Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Storm Lake Cemetery. Visitation will take place Friday, August 28, 2020 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in STORM LAKE. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Sharen Kay Hansen was born April 10, 1944 to Maurice and Dorothy (Mundt) Hansen in Fonda, Iowa. She moved to Aurelia, IA and was raised in Aurelia. Sharen graduated from Aurelia High School and went to a 4-month school in Minneapolis and learned bookkeeping and stewardess training. She had several jobs but ended up in Des Moines, IA in the birth and death department. After looking up the birth and death certificates, she would scan them and mark them with a seal from the State of Iowa. On August 15, 1964, she married Douglas Peters and 3 children were born to that marriage. Patrick, April, and Matthew. The years that followed, she spent her time sewing and cooking for the children and Doug. In 1975 Doug and Sharen moved from 1201 East 7th Street to their home at 215 Memorial Road: trading houses with Lowell and Joy Peters (Doug’s Parents). Sharen did bookkeeping for the trucking business and learned how to herd the hogs, drive truck, and later years dispatched the trucks over the road. Doug and Sharen hauled conversion vans, equipment, bricks and in later years hauled feathers. Sharen two manned with Doug for about 5 years hauling the feathers. Doug hauled seed corn in later years and Sharen would go with him occasionally. After Doug’s death Sharen volunteered at the Senior Center. Sharen’s survivors; Son, Patrick (Bridgett) Peters of Silver City, Iowa; Daughter, April (Gary) Toyne of Palo, Iowa; Son, Matthew (Jennifer) Peters of Storm Lake, Iowa; Grandchildren: Katie (Dan) McMullen of Treynor, Iowa; Megan (Jeremiah) Avise-Rouse of Clinton, IA; Jaquelyn (Brett) Newendorp of Pella, Iowa; Sadie (Brady) Santee of Omaha, NE; Brad (Emily) Harding of Vinton, Iowa; Kyle (Christin) Harding of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Kaylee Peters of Storm Lake, IA: Great-Grandchildren: Logan, Trestyn, Jacob and Spencer Harding; Ray and Emrys Harding; Dorothy and Harrison McMullen; Noelle and Evelyn Avise-Rouse; Brother Ed Hansen Sharen was proceeded in death by her husband, Doug Peters; her parents, Maurice and Dorothy Hansen; In-laws, Lowell and Joy Peters; Her brother, Harold Hansen and Brother-In-Law, Dennis Peters.

Sharen Peters

April 10, 1944 - August 25, 2020