Raymond H. Peters, 92 of Lawton, died Sunday, June 10, 2018 at a care facility in Lawton.

Services will be held 10 am Thursday, June 14 ^th at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Lawton. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 pm Wednesday, June 13, 2018 with the family present from 6-8 pm at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City.

Raymond Henry Peters was born on June 26, 1925 in Hinton, Iowa the son of Henry and Martha (Muecke) Peters. Ray was a 1943 graduate of Hinton High School.

On June 23, 1946 Ray was united in marriage to Helen Weidaman. They made their home in Lawton. Ray worked for Swift & Co. as a butcher until retiring in 1985 when they closed the plant. For many years he was a self-employed custom butcher.

Ray was very active with his church family at Bethel Lutheran Church. Ray and Helen did Tape Ministry for over 40 years. They took dance lessons and enjoyed going to dances over the years, and occasionally took camping trips. Ray went to all of his children’s sporting events. Over the years, he opened his home to other relatives when they needed a place to live. Also, over the years, his kids would say with affection, “Only 3 ways to do things, the right way, wrong way, then there’s Ray’s way.”

Ray is survived by his son Gary (Patricia) Peters of Lawton; daughters Sandra (Terry) Johnson of Lawton and Glenda (Tom) Tullis of Boone, Iowa; 6 grandchildren, Stacy Karrer, Terry Johnson, Kelly Bunting, Troy Tullis, Michelle Simpson and Jennifer Lemke; 15 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren; and one sister, Linda (Mike) Albright of Sioux City.

He was preceded in death by his wife Helen, parents and two brothers, Merlin and Kenneth Peters.