Peters, Bertha Rose Regier (1925-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Apr 27 p. 9

Birth date: 1925 Aug 13

text of obituary:

BERTHA ROSE PETERS

Bertha Rose Peters, 83, of Henderson, Neb., died April 18, 2009, at Aurora. She was born Aug. 13, 1925, in York County, to John A. and Nettie (Siemens) Regier.

She married Carl D. Peters on Feb. 21, 1946, at Henderson.

She worked for 30 years at the Henderson Hospital as a cook and CNA. She was an active member of Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, where she belonged to Mission Circle I and had previously served as Sunday school superintendent and Bible school teacher. She was also a member of Friendship Circle Club.

She always welcomed friends and family to her home and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend and will be missed by everyone she leaves behind.

Survivors include her husband, Carl, of Henderson; a son, Joe Peters and his wife, Lillian, of North Newton, Kan.; a daughter, Linda Heisey and her husband, Daryl, of Rexville, N.Y.; a sister, Pansy Janzen of Henderson; a sister-in-law, Martha Hiebner of Henderson; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant brother, Lester; a brother, James Regier and his wife, Evelyn; a sister, Irene Friesen and her husband, Arnold; and brothers-in-law Frank Janzen and Irvin Hiebner.

Graveside services were scheduled for Bethesda Cemetery in Henderson. Memorial services were scheduled for Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson.