Viola E. Peters

Viola E. Peters, 95, of Yankton, S.D., and formerly of Wynot, Neb., died on Monday, May 21, 2018, at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton, S.D. Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 10:30 AM, at Holy Family (Sacred Heart) Catholic Church in Wynot, Neb., with the Rev. Eric Olsen officiating. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery, also in Wynot. Visitation will be Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. until service time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington, Neb. Pallbearers will be her nephews Kevin Swedean and Tim Swedean, as well as her great nieces and nephews Sandy Granger, Andrew and Laura Spaulding, and Eric Bruster. Viola Elizabeth Peters was born on March 25, 1923, in St. Helena, Neb., to John Michael and Regina Frances (Gulde) Peters. She moved to Wynot at an early age and attended Sacred Heart grade school and graduated from Wynot High School in 1940. After graduation, she accepted a job as a clerk in the Wynot Post Office and was appointed as Postmaster on January 26, 1972. After nearly 50 years of service, she retired on May 1, 1989. Viola was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Circle of Catholic Women. She was a member of the Nebraska Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She was an avid reader (biographies being her favorite), enjoyed listening to music, shopping, playing cards and traveling. She is survived by one niece, Lisa Bruster, and two nephews, Kevin (Wendy) Swedean and Tim (Lisa) Swedean, and their families. Viola was preceded in death by parents John and Regina Peters; eight brothers Alfred “Buster”, Louis, Rudolph “Jack”, Edward, Hugo, Claude “Butch”, Harry C., and Theodore “Ted” Peters; and four sisters Olivia Peters, Josephine (Ronald) Bruyer, Amanda Peters, and Rita (Robert) Swedean.