Patricia 'Pat' R. Peters

October 22, 1932 - May 14, 2019

Patricia ‘Pat’ R. Peters, 86, formerly of Gibbon, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Saint Luke’s Good Samaritan Society in Kearney. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 17, 2019 at Saint James Catholic Church in Kearney with Father Joseph Hannappel officiating. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery near Gibbon. Visitation will be an hour prior to the funeral mass. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated later. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of the arrangements. Pat was born October 22, 1932 in Shelton to Charles and Josephine (Picard) Kappius. She graduated from Shelton High School with the class of 1950 and later attended Kearney State Teachers’ College. On May 22, 1951 she married Byron Peters at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Shelton. Pat had many different jobs in her life. She was most importantly a mother and grandmother, but also taught school at District 39, worked at Rutors the Fashion, Ganz Law and Abstract, as a secretary at Kearney State College, a hostess at the Elk’s Lodge, a home health nurse, and a greeter at Walmart. She was a member of Saint James Catholic Church and Saint James Catholic Daughters. Survivors include her daughter Nancy Farris of Omaha and Lisa (Bob) Morris of Gibbon; son Hal (Kathleen) Peters of Gibbon; sister Helen (George) Widdowson of Shelton; sister in laws, Shirley Rosenthal of Kearney, Verla Lange of Gibbon, and Claudine Kappius of Colorado; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Byron Peters; a son, Anthony Peters; and a brother, Bob Kappius.