Seymour Daily Tribune
March 15, 2002
Laura Louise Peters
Laura Louise Peters, 79, Brownstown, died at 4 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2002, at her home.
Mrs. Peters was a homemaker and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church at Wegan, the Ladies Aid, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Wegan Wide Awake Extension Homemakers.
Born March 13, 1923, in Jackson County, she was a daughter of Louis Tormoehlen and Lena Wessel Tormoehlen. On May 30, 1941, at St. John’s, Sauers, she married Marvin Charles Peters Sr., who died Feb. 26, 1992.
Survivors include five sons, Richard Leon (Carolyn) Peters, Vallonia, and Harlann Dwayne (Betty) Peters, Philfert Lee Peters, David Eugene (Melanie) Peters and Marvin Charles Peters Jr., all of Brownstown; two daughters, Wanda Louise Rodenberger, Brownstown, and Reva Earlene (Mike) Holloway, Kokomo; 24 grandchildren, Brett Peters, LeAnne Bonnett, Tammie Benter, Tony Peters, Jade Peters, Adam Peters, Kimberly Peters, Jamie Jackson, Kelli Peters, Christina Hughes, Rebecca Puckett, Rachel Skeens, Jennifer Stuckwisch, JoAnn Branaman, Jeremy Peters, Mindy Peters, Amy Blackburn, Lisa Willoughby, Michael Holloway II, Jacqueline Holloway, Sommer Peters, Kamy Peters, Sheena Peters and Christian Peters; 20 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Wayne Tormoehlen, Vallonia, Delbert Tormoehlen, Seymour, and Glenn Tormoehlen and Leslie Tormoehlen, both of Brownstown; and five sisters, Leona Peters, Luella Stuckwisch and Edna Stuckwisch, all of Brownstown, Elnora Lucas, Florida, and Wilma Benter, Seymour.
She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Todd Peters and Beth Rodenberger; two brothers, Elmer Tormoehlen and Robert “Butch” Tormoehlen; and a sister, Earlene Tormoehlen.
The Rev. Kenneth Keily will conduct services at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wegan. Burial will be in St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, Brownstown.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Zabel Funeral Home, Brownstown, and from 11 a.m. until time of service Monday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the Wegan Building Fund, Lutheran Central Building Fund or donor’s choice.