Linda Peters
Nov. 23, 1940-Sept. 22, 2021
Linda Peters, 80 of rural
Devils Lake died on
Wednesday, September
22, 2021 at her home sur-
rounded by her loving
family.
Linda Lee Suzanne
(Kjelden) Peters was born
November 23rd 1940 to
Ervin and Vida (Avens)
Kjelden in Rugby, ND.
Their’s was a large and
loving family where
values such as respect,
kindness, and hard work
were practiced always.
Linda followed these
values for her entire life.
She grew up in the De-
vils Lake area, first attend-
ing a country one-room
schoolhouse and later gra-
duating from Central High
School in 1958. While in
high school, Linda
worked as a car-hop at
“The Barrel”. After work
she pedalled 10 miles
one-way to the family
farm. She attended secre-
tarial school, after high
school, in Grand Forks
where she also worked at
the Grand Forks Air Force
Base.
Linda married Leonard
Peters on November 28th,
1959. They moved to
several different states
while getting established
in the early years, but re-
turned to North Dakota in
1962. By then two chil-
dren had arrived; Pamela
in 1960, and Deborah in
1962. Linda became a
full-time wife and mother,
a role that she truly en-
joyed. Linda welcomed a
baby boy, Jarret, in Janu-
ary of 1974. At the end
of the 1960’s and during
the 1970’s they were still
moving around for jobs,
until 1975 when they pur-
chased a grocery store in
Tolna, ND. Unfortunately,
the grocery store burnt
down after several years.
They then contracted with
the US Postal Service to
haul mail from Minot to
Grand Forks. The job was
not only physical, but the
North Dakota winters
were also something to
contend with. Linda did it
all with grace and deter-
mination.
Linda had many in-
terests. She belonged to
several garden and
homemaker clubs over the
years. She was always in-
volved in her church and
was more than willing to
serve for events, bake
goodies or sew doll
clothes. She enjoyed do-
ing crosswords and su-
dokos, but she was a whiz
at jigsaw puzzles! Linda
also sewed many family
baby blankets as well as
made hanging kitchen
towels for everyone at
Christmas!
Linda was always most
concerned with taking
care of her family. She
will be missed for her
smiling face, her can-do
attitude and especially for
her extreme kindness. She
touched so many people
in her life time and we are
all proud to have known
her.
Linda’s loving family
include her children Pam
(Bill) Walters, Mountain
Home, AR, Deb (Jason)
Nelson, Bismarck ND, Jar-
ret (Rebecca) Peters, De-
vils Lake; grandchildren
Aimee Walters, Sarah
(Richard) Dickens, Heath-
er (Kevin) Jones, Saman-
tha Crabbe, Alex Crabbe,
Hope Nelson, Faith Nel-
son, Meggan (Tanner)
Tuchscherer, Kaitlyn
Kuhn, Nicholas Essen,
Cassidy Sanderson; great
grandchildren Jace, Tate,
Sophia, Bella, Jocelyn,
Penelope, Breklynn, Brin-
ly; sisters and brothers
Patty (John) Anderson,
Gary (Eunice) Kjelden,
Bruce (Diane) Kjelden,
Coralie (Jim) Nelson, San-
dra Stiley, Al (Deb) Kjel-
den, Bonnie (Larry) Klein,
Gib (Paulette) Kjelden and
many beloved nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Preceded in death by
her parents; her husband
of 49 years, Leonard
Peters; brother, Douglas
Kjelden; grandson, Billy
Walters; and niece, Jessica
Kjelden.
Visitation at Gilbertson
Funeral Home on Sep-
tember 29, from 5:00 PM
to 7:00 PM with a Rosary
and Scripture Service at
7:00 p.m. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial will be at St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church
in Devils Lake on Sep-
tember 30 at 10:00 AM
with burial in the Devils
Lake Cemetery.
Family requests those
attending to wear masks.