Muriel Zomina Peters of Wakefield died on Friday, October 9, 2026 in Saugus. She was 93.
She was born in Boston on March 24, 1933, the daughter of Charles C. and Winnifred (Morgan) Richardson, raised in Saugus and graduated from Saugus High School. She lived in Boston before making her home in Wakefield, where she belonged to the First Baptist Church. She worked many years for Verizon as an office manager before she retired.
She leaves her children, Kenneth A. Peters Jr. of Malden, Michael Peters and his wife Elizabeth of Reading, Karen M. Clooney of Burlington, and Karl L. Peters Sr. of Malden; her grandchildren, Iliana and Cristina Peters, Kyle, Nadia and Michael Clooney, and Karl Jr., Alvaro and Christian Peters; and a growing number of great-grandchildren. Her siblings Charles, Arthur, Alfred, Stanley and Clarence Richardson, Edna Alves and Oneida Lamos died before her.
The funeral service is Friday, October 16 at 11 a.m. at the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Avenue, Wakefield, with visitation from 9 a.m. and burial at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield. The family suggests donations to the Greater Boston Food Bank, 70 South Bay Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.
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