Darin Peters
July 23, 1975 – July 20, 2023
Darin Daniel Peters, born July 23, 1975 in Winkler,
MB to Cornelius and Helen Peters. He was the youngest
of 15 children. He passed away July 20, 2023 at the
age of 47. He was loved and will be greatly missed by his
remaining 12 siblings.
Helen (Werner) Taulien, Brett Peters, Abe (Susan) Peters,
Suzanne Banman, Mary Peters, William Peters, Elizabeth
Boille, Hank Peters, Cheri Schroeder, Jake (Cathy) Peters,
Dave (Theresa) Peters, Nancy (Rob) Zenari.
He was predeceased by his father, Cornelius Peters,
Mother, Helen Peters, Sister, Nadine Peters, Sister,
Margaret Wood, and son, Dillon Moon.
He was born in Winkler and lived in Roseisle, MB on a farm
until he was 9 with his dad and siblings. At this young
age, his dad passed away and Darin and Nancy moved to
Barrhead, AB to live with their older brother, Abe and his
wife Susan and their two children Rebekah and Daniel.
This is where he spent his childhood.
Darin loved hunting, and everything to do with guns. As
a child that was all he would live for. He knew all the
statistics about guns-velocity, size of bullet, speed it
traveled. No one would be able to challenge him on these
facts. He used his pellet gun to shoot anything in sight. He
earned the nickname “robin killer” by his brothers. He also
liked to go fishing with his brothers.
When he was a young adult, he moved to St. Albert to live
with his brothers, Dave and Jake. He worked construction
with them for many years, off and on. He moved back and
forth between St. Albert and Barrhead.
Darin loved his siblings very much. He counted Abe as
his dad and Susan as his mama. In his final days he
was very upset that Abe was very sick and spent many
nights crying and wondering how he would make it when
he passed.
He was a very kind and caring person. He would help
anyone, even at his own expense. He had a very crazy
sense of humor and tried to make everyone laugh. His
great love was for cats. Until he left home, he had a cat
named Rainbow that he spoiled. The rest of his life, he
always had multiple cats.
Darin had a son, Dillon, that he loved very much. He didn’t
stay together with his mother, but as he grew up he tried
to have a relationship with him. When he died, it was
almost more than Darin could take.
Even though Darin struggled most of his life with an
addiction to alcohol, he had a deep rooted faith in God.
He liked to listen to Billy Graham and Chuck Swindol and
gospel music. Two of the people he would listen to were
Jimmy Swaggart and Hank Williams Sr. He had memorized
much scripture as a child and never forgot it.
(The service was held Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Bethel
Pentecostal Church in Barrhead.)
Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family
by visiting www.westlockfuneralhome.com
