Funeral services for Robert "Bob" Peters, age 82 of Lemmon, will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday, March 14, at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lemmon. Pastor Tom Penning will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery.

A family service will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday evening at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.


Special music will be provided by Marilyn Willey, organist, Matt Barnes, Tony Waller, soloist.


Honorary casket bearers are his 2 granddaughters, Stacey Barnes and Mindy Guthmiller, and 5 great grandchildren, Lyric and Jet Hoffman, Sierra Peters, Jaden and Sofie Guthmiller. Active casket bearers are his 6 grandsons, Tracy and Trent Hoffman, Darin and Dusty Peters, Alex and Ryan Lauseng.


ROBERT LEE PETERS "Bob" was born January 4, 1925, in Orange Township, Adams County, ND, to Clark and Iva (Beesley) Peters. He grew up on the family farm north of Thunder Hawk and attended Orange country school. Bob worked for the Robert Peterson farm and other area farmers and ranchers. He was united in marriage to Shirley Ostenberg on November 23, 1949, at Lemmon. Bob worked on the construction of Shadehill Reservoir and operated his own trucking business hauling gravel for road construction projects in North and South Dakota. In the mid 1950's, he went to work on the maintenance crew for the City of Lemmon. Bob and Shirley then moved to Los Angeles, CA, for a year where Bob worked in the Chevrolet Plant. They returned to Lemmon where he continued working for the City of Lemmon doing maintenance work and occasionally doing police work. He also operated a rural mail route during the 1970's. Due to health reasons he was forced to retire.


Bob enjoyed fishing, hunting and raising a large garden. He loved going to the farm to help his brother, Don.


Since June of 2006, he has been in failing health. Bob passed away on Saturday, March 10, at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.


Surviving family members include his wife Shirley; 1 son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Susan Peters; 1 daughter, Sandy Hoffman, all of Lemmon, SD; 1 daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Mark Lauseng, Pierre, SD; 8 grandchildren, Tracy Hoffman and his wife Toni, Bismarck, ND; Trent Hoffman, Lemmon, SD; Stacey and her husband Matt Barnes, Herried, SD; Mindy and her husband Josh Guthmiller, Hettinger, ND; Darin Peters, Brookings, SD; Dusty Peters, Lemmon, SD; Alex Lauseng, Ryan Lauseng, both of Pierre, SD; 5 great grandchildren, Lyric and Jet Hoffman; Sierra Peters, Jaden and Sofie Guthmiller; 2 brothers and 1 sister-in-law, Julius and Rose Peters, Watauga, SD; and Lewis Peters, Simi Valley, CA.


He was preceded in death by his parents, 5 brothers, Gaylord C. Peters, Gordon C. Peters, Glenn L. Peters, Herbert Peters, Donald C. Peters, and 1 sister, Evelyn Gupman.