Isaac Peters

Isaac Peters, age 85 of Mountain Lake, died Monday, June 25, 2012 at the Sogge Memorial Good Samaritan in Windom. The Funeral Service will be held at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake at 10:30 AM Thursday, June 28. Visitation is at the church, one hour before the funeral. Burial is in Mountain Lake City Cemetery. Isaac G Peters, son of Gerhard D. Peters and Elisabeth (Penner) Peters, was born September 21, 1926 on a farm in Midway Township, north of Mt. Lake, MN where the family lived until September 1954. Isaac moved with his parents and brother Henry into a house in Mt. Lake, where Henry and he continued to live after their parents' death. They moved to Parkwood Apartments in January 2006 and lived there until October of 2008 when they moved to Eventide. Failing health made it necessary for Isaac to move to Good Samaritan Sogge Nursing Home, Windom, MN. Isaac was baptized upon his confession of his faith and received into the membership of Bethel Mennonite Church, Mt. Lake on January 7, 1945. For twenty months, Isaac served as an orderly in the Army Medical Department aboard three hospital ships in the Asian Pacific Theater. December 1954 he started to work as an electrician for Janzen Electric and worked there until September 1978. In October of 1978 he went to work for Laker Electric until August 1982. His last employment was with Good Samaritan Village from August 1982 until he retired in February 1992 as Maintenance Director. He is survived by his sister, Emma Krause, sister-in-law, Berniece Peters and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Isaac was preceded in death by his sisters, Elizabeth Baerg, and Olga Rahn, brothers, Gerhard, Diedrich, John, Henry and Peter, sisters-in-law, Hattie Peters, Ruth Peters and Grace Peters, brothers-in-law John Baerg, John Krause and Arthur Rahn. Visitation 9:30 am - 10:30 am Thursday, June 28, 2012 Bethel Mennonite Church 301 N 9th St Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States 56159 Service Information 9:30 am Thursday, June 28, 2012 Bethel Mennonite Church 301 N 9th St Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States 56159