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Henry Wilhelm Peters
Posted 7/22/07
Henry Wilhelm Peters, 74 GREENWOOD - Henry Wilhelm Peters passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in his home near Greenwood. He was 74. Mr. Peters was born Dec. 24, 1932, in the small farming …
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Henry Wilhelm Peters
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Henry Wilhelm Peters, 74
GREENWOOD - Henry Wilhelm Peters passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in his home near Greenwood. He was 74.
Mr. Peters was born Dec. 24, 1932, in the small farming community of Pippensen, near Hamburg, Germany, the eldest of four children born to Heinrich Ludwig and Maria (Wolms) Peters.
He grew up on the farm and apprenticed at other farms. He came to manage his father"s farm as he came of age as his father had passed when he was 8 years old.
Mr. Peters was active in the Lutheran church as a youth.
He came to the United States in 1956, living in Washington, D.C., and working nights as a mechanic on milk trucks for Sealtest Dairy.
Mr. Peters met his wife, the former Nancy Porter, while visiting his aunt Helen Payne who lived in Greenwood. They were married March 9, 1957, in Brentwood, Md., and he came to work for his father-in-law, Carl Porter at the New Process Fibre Co. in Greenwood in 1957 and took over the operation upon Mr. Porter"s death in 1962.
His strong work ethic enabled him to take the business from the verge of closing to one of the country"s leading manufacturer"s of non-metallic stamped parts known to major industry across the country and around the world. He did this while raising a family with his wife, working 18 hour days, yet always home for dinner and never working on a Sunday.
Mr. Peters became a naturalized United States citizen in 1960 and was very proud to be an American. He had a great love for his local community of Greenwood.
He had a strong relationship with his Heavenly Father, having come to Christ at a young age. He was a longstanding member of the Greenwood United Methodist Church and has served the church as a trustee, Sunday school superintendent, and on various boards and committees.
Mr. Peters was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather, who greatly valued family and relationship. He always looked for the good in others and was patient, kind, understanding, gentle and humble. He was widely known by his family, friends and employees as a fair man. He loved according to I Corinthians 13.
He was an active member of the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. and most recently was an honorary member. He was active in the Greenwood Kiwanis Club and was a past president.
Mr. Peters served as a director of the Greenwood Trust Co. from 1976 until its sale to Sears.
He served as a director of the Greenwood Building and Loan Association from 1972 until its merger with Second National.
Mr. Peters was appointed by then Governor Michael Castle to the State Board of Physical Therapists as a public member in 1988.
He received formal recognition from the state legislature for his contributions to the state of Delaware.
Mr. Peters is survived by his wife of 50 years, Nancy Porter Peters; two sons, Carl Peters and his wife Bonnie of Greenwood, and Hans Peters and his wife Sherry of Greenwood; two daughters, Maria Christine Rust and her husband Bill of Greenwood, and Margareta Groetsema and her husband Dale of Vancouver, Wash.; 11 grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Hans and Barbara Peters of Stade, Germany; two sisters, Renate Ritscher and her husband Hans-Hermann of Nindorf, Germany, and Gerda Bergman of Buxtehude, Germany; and 12 nieces and nephews in Germany.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenwood United Methodist Church, on the corner of Market and Church streets, in Greenwood, and also from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with interment following at St. Johnstown Cemetery in Greenwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. and/or Ambulance Squad, P.O. Box 1, Greenwood, DE 19950; or to Maranatha Ministries, P.O. Box 3355, Wilmington, NC 28406.
Arrangements by Fleischauer Funeral Home, Greenwood.
GREENWOOD - Henry Wilhelm Peters passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in his home near Greenwood. He was 74.
Mr. Peters was born Dec. 24, 1932, in the small farming community of Pippensen, near Hamburg, Germany, the eldest of four children born to Heinrich Ludwig and Maria (Wolms) Peters.
He grew up on the farm and apprenticed at other farms. He came to manage his father"s farm as he came of age as his father had passed when he was 8 years old.
Mr. Peters was active in the Lutheran church as a youth.
He came to the United States in 1956, living in Washington, D.C., and working nights as a mechanic on milk trucks for Sealtest Dairy.
Mr. Peters met his wife, the former Nancy Porter, while visiting his aunt Helen Payne who lived in Greenwood. They were married March 9, 1957, in Brentwood, Md., and he came to work for his father-in-law, Carl Porter at the New Process Fibre Co. in Greenwood in 1957 and took over the operation upon Mr. Porter"s death in 1962.
His strong work ethic enabled him to take the business from the verge of closing to one of the country"s leading manufacturer"s of non-metallic stamped parts known to major industry across the country and around the world. He did this while raising a family with his wife, working 18 hour days, yet always home for dinner and never working on a Sunday.
Mr. Peters became a naturalized United States citizen in 1960 and was very proud to be an American. He had a great love for his local community of Greenwood.
He had a strong relationship with his Heavenly Father, having come to Christ at a young age. He was a longstanding member of the Greenwood United Methodist Church and has served the church as a trustee, Sunday school superintendent, and on various boards and committees.
Mr. Peters was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather, who greatly valued family and relationship. He always looked for the good in others and was patient, kind, understanding, gentle and humble. He was widely known by his family, friends and employees as a fair man. He loved according to I Corinthians 13.
He was an active member of the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. and most recently was an honorary member. He was active in the Greenwood Kiwanis Club and was a past president.
Mr. Peters served as a director of the Greenwood Trust Co. from 1976 until its sale to Sears.
He served as a director of the Greenwood Building and Loan Association from 1972 until its merger with Second National.
Mr. Peters was appointed by then Governor Michael Castle to the State Board of Physical Therapists as a public member in 1988.
He received formal recognition from the state legislature for his contributions to the state of Delaware.
Mr. Peters is survived by his wife of 50 years, Nancy Porter Peters; two sons, Carl Peters and his wife Bonnie of Greenwood, and Hans Peters and his wife Sherry of Greenwood; two daughters, Maria Christine Rust and her husband Bill of Greenwood, and Margareta Groetsema and her husband Dale of Vancouver, Wash.; 11 grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Hans and Barbara Peters of Stade, Germany; two sisters, Renate Ritscher and her husband Hans-Hermann of Nindorf, Germany, and Gerda Bergman of Buxtehude, Germany; and 12 nieces and nephews in Germany.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Greenwood United Methodist Church, on the corner of Market and Church streets, in Greenwood, and also from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with interment following at St. Johnstown Cemetery in Greenwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. and/or Ambulance Squad, P.O. Box 1, Greenwood, DE 19950; or to Maranatha Ministries, P.O. Box 3355, Wilmington, NC 28406.
Arrangements by Fleischauer Funeral Home, Greenwood.
