Obituary

Elnora Peters

1928 - 2016

Obituary

Elnora Peters, 87, died Wednesday (June 22, 2016) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston.

She was born on July 11, 1928, in Roscoe, Texas, the daughter of Edwin and Esther Kiphen Althof. She graduated from high school in 1945. Elnora married Arnold Kenneth Peters on May 21, 1946, in Roscoe, Texas.

Elnora and Arnold moved to Greensburg shortly after being married. There, they operated a grade A dairy for many years and also started the Dairy Delite in Greensburg.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Greensburg for 45 years, where she was the organist and pianist. Elnora and Arnold spent winters in South Texas for 17 years. They moved to Newton in October 2002. Arnold died on December 18, 2003.

Since living in Newton, she attended Koerner Heights Church and was a member of the KCH Auxiliary. She loved cooking, sewing and embroidering, and authored two cook books.

Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Martens and husband Lowell of Newton and Arnetta Boyce and husband Ed of Allen; brother Edwin Althof, Jr. and wife Johnnie of Henryetta Texas; sister Frances Hughes of Roscoe, Texas; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; along with two son-in-laws, Ed Fenton of Topeka and John Ford of Newton.

Elnora is preceded in death by her parents; husband; two daughters, Peggy Jean Fenton and Dorothy Ann Lane; three brothers, Wilburt, Raymond and Clarence Althof; grandson, Donald Barker; and great grandchildren Adison and Austin Martens.

Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (July 6, 2016) at the Koerner Heights Church in Newton.

There will be no visitation or viewing, as interment services have already been held at the Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg.

A memorial has been established at Koerner Heights Church and Camp Christy. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.

Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.