Kristen Nicole Peters

Kris­ten Nicole Peters, age 16, of Mount Gilead, passed away Thurs­day, July 26, 2012, fol­low­ing injuries sus­tained in an auto­mo­bile accident.

Born on July 19, 1996 in Mount Gilead, Kris­ten was the daugh­ter of Natasha Fawn (Brown) Peters and the late Shane Peters. She attended North­mor High School and just com­pleted her fresh­man year. There, she was a mem­ber of FCCLA, sang in the choir, ran cross coun­try and track, and held her own against the boys on the wrestling team.

Kris­ten had a dream of open­ing her own bak­ery when she was fin­ished with school. She loved to bake cakes and enjoyed cook­ing in gen­eral. She seemed to always be eat­ing, espe­cially at her favorite restau­rants, Chipo­tle and the Japan­ese Steak­house. Kris­ten was grow­ing her first gar­den this sum­mer and her straw­ber­ries and water­mel­ons were grow­ing quite well.

Kristen’s recent pas­sion belonged to her horses, Satin and Willie. She had been tak­ing many rid­ing lessons and spent as much time as she could in the saddle.

A sweet and out­go­ing young woman, Kris­ten will be remem­bered by every­one whose life she touched.

Kris­ten will be dearly missed by her mother, Natasha Peters; her sis­ter, Ash­ley Peters and Dakota Robin­son; her brother, Joshua Peters; grand­par­ents: Sonny and Mar­i­lyn Brown, Terry Lynn (Styer) Roush and Billy Joseph Roush and David Michael Peters; great grand­moth­ers: Eve­lyn (Peters) Robin­son and Juanita Brown; aunts and uncles: Tabitha and Shane Kohler, David and Angel Brown; Mike and Bob­bie Peters, Christy and Chris Stein­helfer, Jason and Sheena Weber, and Terra Strahm; and numer­ous cousins.

She was pre­ceded in death by her father Shane Peters, and her great grand­par­ents, Chuck and Pauline Styer.

Kristen’s fam­ily will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m. on Mon­day, July 30, 2012, at the Gilead Friends Church, 3613 Twp. Rd. 115, Mount Gilead. Ser­vices cel­e­brat­ing her life will be held there at 11:00 a.m. on Tues­day with Pas­tor Gary Lamb Hart officiating.

Kris­ten had a very col­or­ful spirit and would not have wanted every­one to wear black and mourn her pass­ing. Please wear some­thing col­or­ful and help cel­e­brate the won­der­ful life she lived.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions, if desired, may be made to the North­mor Run­ning Club to help set up a schol­ar­ship in her name. Con­tri­bu­tions may be made in care of the funeral home.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Kristen’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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