STANLEY PETERS

Funeral services for Stanley Gene Peters, 66, of Wagner are Wednesday, August 29 at 10:30 a.m., at St. John Lutheran Church in Wagner. Burial is in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday from 5 to 7 with the family present from 6 to 7 p.m. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner is in charge of arrangements.

Stanley Gene Peters was born at Wagner on November 15, 1951, the son of Elmer and Velda (Permann) Peters. He died Friday, August 24, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls after a hard fought battle with cancer.

Stan was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, rural Delmont on December 9, 1951. He was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Delmont on April 3, 1966.

Stan attended Choteau Creek #10 country school through the eighth grade. He graduated from Wagner Community School in 1970. He was united in marriage to Rosemary Brookman and for 50 years they farmed and raised their family together northeast of Wagner.

Stan was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Wagner.

Stan enjoyed watching the activities of his kids and grandkids. He enjoyed racing stock cars and raced in the 1970’s and again in the early 90’s after his son Jake encouraged him to race again. They raced together in 1992 and 93. Jake went on to race Sprint Cars and Stan and Rose enjoyed traveling throughout the midwest along with the family for many years, until Jake retired from racing and came back to farm with Stan. He will be remembered mostly by his family and friends for his love of spending time Walleye fishing. Friends knew if you went fishing with Stan, you better be prepared to stay all day if the fishing was slow. He liked to say “thats why they call it fishing, not catching”. He loved the peacefulness of a day on the river. Stan loved hosting fish fries for friends and family and also had many good times singing Karaoke.

Thankful for having shared his life are his wife Rosemary of Wagner; four children: Chad (Lisa) Peters of Wagner, Jennifer (Tom) Sedlacek of Yankton, Jacob (Jessica) Peters of Wagner, and Angela (Chad) Meyer of Hartford; 12 grandchildren; one great grandchild; a brother, Tyrone (Mariana) Peters of Wagner; two sisters: Kathy Peters of Gillette, WY, and Vicky (Dennis) uhlman of Wagner; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Stan was preceded in death by his parents.