Geraldine Alice “Boots” Peters
Resident of Monte Sereno
Geraldine “Boots” Peters was born on September 21, 1925 at the new San Jose Hospital to parents William “Billy” and Geraldine Jones. She died on July 2, 2018 at Samaritan Village in Hughson, California.
The youngest of four children, she had a happy childhood growing up on the family’s 10-acre prune and apricot ranch in Los Gatos. The two-and-a-half mile walk home from school went by quickly as she was usually with her best friends. She fondly recalled spending summers at the family cabin in Paradise Park near Santa Cruz as well as helping harvest the fruit, picking prunes with friends and cutting apricots with her mother and aunt. Geraldine graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1943 after which she enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley. Her studies were interrupted by the death of her brother Robert in Alaska during World War II.
She met her future husband Robert Peters on a blind date in January 1946. They were married later that year at the old Presbyterian Church in Los Gatos. Three children completed the family, William, Priscilla and Virginia. Geraldine returned to school and received her teaching credential once all three children were in school. She taught in both the Franklin McKinley and Oak Grove school districts in San Jose. Later, she worked in medical records. Gardening, weaving, reading and music were among her many interests, and she especially enjoyed travels throughout the U.S. and beyond. Friends and family admired Geraldine for her positive outlook, her curiosity, her creativity, her sense of humor, and her zest for living. Hers was a full and wonderful life.
Geraldine was pre-deceased by her parents, William and Geraldine (McGrady) Jones; her siblings Elizabeth, Robert and Neal; her husband Robert Peters, and her daughter Virginia. She is survived by her son William (Guy Stiles) of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; her daughter Priscilla (John Miles) of Turlock, California, and by nephews Don (Ann) Peters, Gary (Sheryl) Peters, Roger (Valraie) Bibb, Rob (Colleen) Butterfield, Jim (Joann) Butterfield and nieces Christine Todd, Carolyn Colwell, Jean Peters, Sheryl (Robert) Reynolds and their families.
A celebration of life will take place at the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos on Sunday afternoon, September 9, 2018 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad (P.O. Box 234 Los Gatos, CA 95031) or a charity of your choice.