Greensburg – Abe. E. Peters, son of Klaus and Martha Klassen Peters, was born on August 19, 1931 in Inman, Kansas. He passed away on June 29, 2022 at the Kiowa County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg, Kansas at the age of 90.
Abe was a trucker, farmer, and worked at the sale barn in Pratt, Kansas. He drove the school bus for Greensburg Public Schools for 25 years.
On December 4, 1954, Abe married Marie Isaac. She preceded him in death on November 7, 1978. On February 14, 1981, he married Ellen Traffas.
Abe was a member of the Greensburg Mennonite Church and the Kiowa County Farm Bureau Board.
Abe is preceded in death by his parents, four sisters and six brothers.
Survivors include Ellen of the home; one son, Steve (Kristy) Peters of Greensburg; one daughter, Judy Feil of Arvada, CO.; four grandchildren, Michael Slief (Katie), Sky Monroe, Debra (Tom) Dixon, and Michael Unrein; eight great grandchildren, Jaden Unrein, Bryant Childs, Desmond Childs, Christopher Childs, Grady Slief, Elly Slief, Riley Slief, and Tilly Slief.
Funeral services and celebration of Abe’s life will be at 10:30 am, Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the Greensburg Mennonite Church, Greensburg, Kansas with Rev. Jeffrey D. Blackburn officiating. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery immediately following the service. A visitation will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 pm Friday at Fleener Funeral Home, 514 S. Main Street, Greensburg, Kansas.
Memorials are suggested to Greensburg Mennonite Church in care of Fleener Funeral Home, PO Box 41, Greensburg, Kansas 67054.