SHERBURN — A Celebration of Life service for Willard Peters, 93, of rural Sherburn, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Sherburn. Burial, with military honors by Thomas P. Saxton American Legion Post 356 and the Sherburn VFW Post 8261, will be in the Sherburn Cemetery.

Peters died Monday morning, July 3, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society in Jackson. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. tonight at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. A Masonic service by the Chain of Lakes Lodge 64 of Fairmont, will be 5 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Kramer Family Funeral Home of Sherburn is in charge of arrangements.

Willard Louis Peters was born Aug. 23, 1923, on the family farm in Jay Township, rural Sherburn, to Paul and Martha (Becker) Peters. He served in the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge.

Survivors include: his wife, Jean Peters of rural Sherburn; daughters, Terrie Hlavac of Jackson, Nancy Smith of rural Sherburn, and Lori Peters of Sherburn; son, Douglas Peters of rural Sherburn; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Laurel Hughart of Canoga Park, Calif.; and two sisters-in-law, Bonnie Davis of Arizona, and Marilyn Greethurst of St. Paul.

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