February 6, 2008  

CROGHAN, N.Y. —  Barbara  A. Peters, 70, of 7377 Old State Rd., died Tuesday evening at the Lewis County Residential Healthcare Facility, where she had resided since November 2007. 

A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Belfort.  Arrangements are with the Adirondack Funeral Home, Croghan.

Born June 15, 1937, in Wayne County, daughter of Henry and Ella Yancey Cooney, she attended schools in Newark, N.Y.  In 1954, she moved to Croghan and lived with her Uncle Joe and Aunt Lena Yancey on the Yancey Homestead in Belfort. She graduated from Beaver River Central School in 1955. 

She married Howard Peters in Croghan on Nov. 5, 1955. He died April 25, 1981. 

Mrs. Peters served as Town of Croghan tax collector from January 1990 until December 2004. 

She helped her husband and children in the operation of the family sugarbush. 

She was a member of the Long Pond Snowsled Club, enjoyed crocheting, knitting, reading, and always looked forward to playing cards with her children and grandchildren. She also collected refrigerator magnets. 

Surviving are  three sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert and Sharon, Castorland; Randy and Jane and Richard, all of Croghan; a daughter and her husband, Susan and Henry F. Bush, Croghan; two brothers and their wives, Edward and Bonnie Cooney, Newark, N.Y., and Roy and Judy Cooney, Choctaw, Okla.; a brother-in-law, John Barner, Dayton Ohio; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins. 

Besides her husband she is predeceased by a daughter, MaryAnn, who died at birth, and two sisters, Marion Barner and Priscilla Roelands. 

Funeral services will be 11 a.m.  Friday, Feb. 8, at the Adirondack Funeral Home, Main St . Croghan, with Rev. Bruce Lyndaker, pastor of Emmaus Bible Fellowship and Rev. Daniel Chapin, pastor of St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Belfort.  

Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the funeral home.  

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Croghan Volunteer Fire Dept. Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 405, Croghan, N.Y. 13327.

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Information provided by Adirondack Funeral Home, Croghan, and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.