Russell M. Peters, age 84, of Hondo passed away in the St. Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antono on October 10, 2006. He died of complications following cancer surgery. Russell was born to Edgar Milton Peters and Winnefred Stout Peters in Seguin, TX, August 25, 1922. He had one brother, Don, who is deceased. His father married Rene Crenshaw after Winnefred's death. In February 1950, Russell married Frances Smith Peters of Kerrville, the daughter of John Reagan Smith and Erna Moore Braly of Smith County. Two children were born, Douglas and Gaye-Anne. He served in the Army Field Artillery Transportation Corps during WWII and was honorably discharged. Russell was a rancher with sheep, goats and cattle, but the drought of the 1950s made it necessary to work elsewhere. He and Frances worked at TAI in Hondo before he went to Medina Base in San Antonio. In 1966 he moved his family to Amarillo where he worked at the Pantex Plant. He retired from Mason and Hangar in November 1985 after 25 years and they moved back to the ranch in March 1986. Russell attended the Divide School in his younger years and Tivy High School in Kerrville before going to Texas A&M where he graduated with the Class of 1944. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Frances; son, Douglas Peters and wife Mary Jo, of Hondo; daughter, Gaye-Anne Peters of Hondo; grandchildren, Joshua Andrew Peters of Ohio, Andrew Peters of Texas A&M, and Derek, Julia and Jana Peters, all of Hondo; sisters-in-law Jeanette Cowden of Kerrville and Mrs. Arthur Gabler of Kerrville; step-sister Maxine Brown of Houston ; stepbrother Owen Crenshaw of Ingram; and many nephews and friends. He loved to dance and he and Frances square danced all over the Panhandle area, Hondo and San Antonio. He loved also loved ranching, traveling and camping. Visitation will be Friday, Oct. 13, 5 to 7 p.m., and funeral service will be Saturday, 11 a.m., both at Guinn-Horger Chapel in Hondo. The casketcarriers were Edward Hilsher, III, Andrew Peters, Derek Peters, Jesse McKinney, E.J. Hilsher, Virgil Krenmueller, Bill Ash, Tim Cowden. Interment will be at Garden of Memories in Kerrville. Memorials may be made to New Fountain United Methodist Church Building Fund or the American Cancer Society.