Obituary: Judith Peters

Judith Dintelmann Peters was born on April 3, 1948, to Edwin and Beulah Dintelmann of Belleville, Illinois.

Judith passed away of cancer on May 27, 2012. She is survived by her husband Douglas Peters of 35 years; her sister, Robin Deleeuw of Morgan Hill, California and a niece and nephew living in California. Judith and Doug lived in Jersey Village, Texas.

Judith was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois where she attended Belle Valley Elementary School and Belleville Township High school. While in high school, she was active in Job's Daughters. After high school graduation she attended Eastern Illinois University and received a degree in Communications. Upon graduation, she moved to Boston Massachusetts, where she went to work for the Christian Science Church in the publishing department.

Five years later she returned to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois to study for a Master's Degree in Business Administration. While working on her MBA, she met Douglas Peters, another student from Conrad, Montana, who was also working on his Masters in Business Administration. They were married on May 21, 1977 in Belleville Illinois. The couple moved to Houston, Texas in February of 1978 where both accepted employment in the oil industry. Judith was a very active member of her church, The Eighth Church of Christ Scientist and served on the church board of directors, as well as, performed many other voluntary functions.

Judith's work career included several Houston oil industry employers, including NL Shaffer, Veto Gray and Combustion Engineering. Her work in oil field production expanded her interests into manufacturing production control. Judith joined the American Production and Inventory Control Society and spent one year as the local chapter's president.

In 1986, Doug and Judith Peters incorporated Sea Sports, Inc. which does business as Sea Sports Scuba in Houston, Texas. Sea Sports Scuba is a chain of between four to six Scuba Retail stores. Judith served as a board member, Security Treasure, and oversaw purchasing for twenty years until her passing.