Ida M. Potter 97, of Elkhorn, died Dec. 7, 2019, at Aurora Medical Center Summit.
She was born May 16, 1922, in Lake Geneva, to the late Hermann and Maybelle (Waldman) Peyer. She graduated from Lake Geneva High School with the Class of 1940. She was united in marriage to Warren R. Potter on Aug. 13, 1948, in East Troy. After 56 years of marriage Warren died Aug. 10, 2004. Ida was primarily a homemaker though she worked as a secretary for a time for the Chicago Store of Elkhorn and for Walworth County Human Services. She was a member of the Bowers Branch of the Walworth County Homemakers Club.
Ida helped her husband as assistant superintendent of the Walworth County Fair sheep barn for more than 40 years, and was also the superintendent of the goat barn for 10-plus years. She was a sewing leader with the Lakeland 4-H club for many years. She enjoyed sewing and arts and crafts, but her greatest joy was her family.
She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother who will be deeply missed by her children, Barbara (Oliver) Davidson of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., and George (Karen) Potter of Elkhorn; granddaughters, Amanda (Larry) Cabrera of Zion, Ill., and Brittany (Terrence) Lee of Kenosha; great-grandchildren, Christobal, Carson, Crystal, Parker, Macy and Oliver; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; five brothers, Herman, Walter, Lee, Jim and Dick Peyer; and sister, Irene Robers.
Memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday. Dec. 16, at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Homes and Crematory 730 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn, with the Rev. Dr. Scott McLeod officiating. Inurnment will be at Hickory Grove Cemetery Spring Prairie at a later date.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in Ida’s name to Walworth County Fair Foundation PO Box 286 Elkhorn, WI 53121.
Condolences can be made online at haaselockwoodfhs.com.
