Peggy E. Wolters

FOREST CITY - Peggy E. Wolters, age 58 of Forest City, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.



Funeral service will be Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:30 AM at Calvary Baptist Church in Forest City with Pastor Douglas Farrell officiating. Burial will be at Madison Township Cemetery in rural Forest City.



Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM Tuesday, December 18 at Petersen Lund Funeral Home and an hour prior to service at the church.





Peggy E. Wolters, the daughter of Fred & Jean (Wharton) Markham, was born at Franklin County Hospital in Hampton on November 2, 1949. The family lived near Rowan, and then moved to a farm near Thornton, where she began her schooling. Peggy always said she attended the last one room country school house in Iowa. She graduated from Clarion school when the family had moved to a farm near Lake Cornelia.





On August 6, 1968, Peggy married Gary Lynn Wolters at Calvary Baptist Church in Belmond. They moved to an apartment in Ankeny and attended Faith Baptist Bible College. They became the parents of Lynn, Robert and Heidi. They lived in Des Moines and Polk City, and then moved to the farm near Crystal Lake.





Peggy was saved at an early age while staying with her aunt and uncle attending vacation bible school, and during her teen years, she was baptized by immersion. She enjoyed serving her Lord and was a faithful prayer warrior for her family and friends. Peggy was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church in Forest City through the years. She has faithfully served as a Sunday School teacher, nursery and AWANA worker, deaconess, Mission circle officer, and State Ladies representative. She was a godly example to her family and friends.





Peggy loved to cook and share her goodies with everyone. She cooked at the Crystal Lake school for 7 years. She was employed as the Director of Dietary Services at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City for over 15 years.





Peggy is survived by her dear husband, Gary, children: Lynn and his wife, Shereen; Robert and his wife, Kasey; and Heidi Ann; grandchildren: Elliana Joy and Madeline Grace, daughters of Lynn and Shereen; and Katelyn Marie, daughter of Robert; mother, Jean Markham of Belmond; sisters Diane and husband Ronald Kallal of Fieldon, IL; Suzanne Markham Kocurek of Stacy, MN, mother-in-law Violet Wolters of Belmond, special family friends often referred to as the ìother familyî Juern and Helen, Juern Thomas, Joanna (Avery), Joy and Job Akkermann; and many close relatives and friends.





Peggy was preceded in death by her father, Fred Markham, her grandparents, her father-in-law Elwin H. Wolters and several aunts and uncles.