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Warren Peters
[July 23, 2012]
LINCOLN -- Warren Peters, 82, of
Lincoln, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at 12:30 a.m. at the Christian
Nursing Home.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Lincoln: Warren Peters, 82, of Lincoln died at 12:30
A.M. Sunday July 22, 2012 at the Christian Nursing
Home in Lincoln.
Warren was born on August 10, 1929 in New Holland,
IL to Andrew Thomas and Mary Jane Gallagher Peters.
He married Jean Fults on March 7, 1961. She
survives. Jean and Warren recently celebrated 51
years of marriage together.
Also surviving are six daughters, Mary (Ron) Harmsen
of Emden, IL, Jane (Greg) Fox of Atlanta, GA, Gail
(Don) Vitek of Elmhurst, IL, Anne (Dan) Conrady of
Lincoln, IL, Ruth Brackney of Kansas City, MO, and
Amy (Steve) DiLullo of Long Grove, IL, one sister,
Edith Ellen Warn of San Diego, CA and fifteen
grandchildren, Amanda, John and Katelyn Harmsen,
Rachel, Jill and Robert Fox, Andrew, Grace, Gretchen
and Robert Vitek, Benjamin, William and Adam Conrady,
and Jackson and Lauren Brackney.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters
Ruth Marie Peters and Jane Strien and one brother
Thomas Peters.
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Warren was a 1947 graduate of Lincoln Community High
School. He served his country in the Army with the
Counter-Intelligence Corps during the Korean War. He
was an attorney for 58 years. He graduated from the
University of Illinois in 1951 with a B.S. in
accounting. In 1954 he graduated with a Juris Doctor
and was admitted to the bar the same year.
He was an Assistant States Attorney in Logan County
from 1956-1957, Assistant Attorney General from
1961-1964, Logan County States Attorney from
1964-1968, Lincoln City Attorney from 1969- 1981. He
was a member of the State of Illinois and American
Bar Association.
Warren was a member of the First Presbyterian Church
of Lincoln, he was a member of the Lincoln Rotary
for over 50 years and served as its president,
secretary and he recently became an honorary member,
Logan County Paramedics Association Board Member and
was an avid Cubs and Fighting Illini Fan.
Services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday July 27, 2012 at
the First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln with Rev.
Larry Maffett officiating. Visitation will be at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln from
4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday evening. Burial will be at
Old Union Cemetery in Lincoln where full Military
Rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post
#263. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian
Church of Lincoln or to the Logan County Senior
Citizens Center.
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