Darryl Wayne Peters, PhD was born March 14, 1948 and died March 6, 2017. Darryl was born and grew up in Emmaus, PA, graduating from Emmaus High School. He went on to San Diego State University for his undergraduate work in Chemistry followed by Ohio State University for his doctorate in Chemistry. Darryl's primary love was his family followed by his work and cars. Darryl was a leader in the field of applied chemistry in various high tech applications throughout his business career. Survivors: Darryl is survived by his loving wife, Beverly Peters and their children Stacey Ruch, Chris Mangin, Wendy Sunderland and Andrew Humphrey, 9 precious grandchildren, his brothers Douglas Peters of Emmaus, Pa and David Peters of Fairfield, PA, and his nieces and nephews. Services: A private memorial service will be held. Contributions: In lieu of flowers the family suggests a contribution in his memory to esophageal cancer research at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center or the charity of your choice. Condolences may be left on the guestbook at mccomasfuneralhome.com.

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Published by Morning Call on Mar. 8, 2017.

Memories and Condolences
for Darryl Peters

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18 Entries

William Kelly

February 18, 2019

My condolences to you on the loss of your late husband Darryl Peters. He and I were very good friends there in the San Diego area. We were in the Marine Corps Reserves (4th Tank Bn). We also attended Southwestern Junior College as well as San Diego State University. I also bought many parts from him at Chellies Auto Parts. I got some software to look up former classmates for my graduating class's reunion and decided to look up people I had know in the past. I was saddened to see the news of his passing. Too young to say the least. Bill Kelly

Sue Wallace

December 11, 2017

I had the pleasure of working with Darryl at Ashland Chemical. I found him to be very intelligent, friendly, helpful, funny and a genuinely nice man. My deepest condolences to the Peters family.

December 11, 2017

I had the pleasure of working with Darryl at Ashland Chemical. I found him to be very intelligent, friendly, helpful, funny and a genuinely nice man. My deepest condolences to the Peters family.

Bill Sharkan

December 9, 2017

Only yesterday, Friday, November 8, 2017 had I heard the news. Darryl was a virtual (slightly) older brother to me and others. As another mourner commented: it's like part of me has gone into the void ahead of time... RIP my friend!

Charles Ackerman

March 21, 2017

Condolences from EHS Class of 66

Chip Ward

March 18, 2017

Darryl worked for me at ACT and ASHLAND / ACT. He was an excellent chemist with a soft voice and demeanor. He was creative and always dedicated to ACT and the growth of our business and technology. I did not know Darryl well outside of work, but he always gave his all in what he did. We kept in touch on an irregular basis after most of the ACT people left when it was sold to API. It was always nice to hear from Darryl and how he kept his career growing in later years.
My deepest condolences to his wife and entire family. I know he will be sorely missed by so many.

CHIP WARD

March 16, 2017

I feel like a part of me is gone. We would always talk about the old days when we both were running around in our souped up cars in Allentown and elsewhere. I had a Mercury Comet and he had a Ford Galaxy. I'll miss going to the hot rod shows with him, we would talk about almost every car at a show and how we might either have used a bigger motor or perhaps different tires on them. We shared a lot with the models, it was a way we could connect with our shared past as motor heads. I'll miss him greatly.
John Cunningham
Allentown, PA

C Loh

March 12, 2017

Darryl was a great guy. I really enjoyed working with him and visiting customers in Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea. He will me missed.

Esther Aubrey

March 10, 2017

I very knew Darryl,but he was a very likable.. He and Bev made the perfect couple. He was well loved and will be missed by everyone.

Amy Stabell

March 9, 2017

I am very sorry for your loss. Darryl was a great chemist and will be sorely missed by us all here at work.

Diane Gilroy

March 9, 2017

Bev and Family, I'm so sorry for your loss. Darryl brought a new dimension and joy into your lives--and many happy memories, I'm sure. I'll be in touch. Love, Diane

Darryl Peters

March 8, 2017

Class of 1966 Emmaus High School

Les Molnar

March 8, 2017

I worked with Darryl at Bell Labs and later on at Ashland Chemical where we co-authored a technical paper on silicon wafer cleaning. Darryl was a very brilliant man. My condolences to his entire family.

Bernadette Woodring

March 8, 2017

Dear Bev,

My deepest sympathy to you and your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Matt Egbe

March 7, 2017

I worked with Darryl at Ashland. He was my boss and later my colleague. He was a brilliant man and we had very exiting discussions on chemical processes. It was nice to meet and have lunch with him in Baltimore a little over a year ago. I will miss Darryl and may his soul rest in peace.

Fran Job

March 7, 2017

Darryl started at Ashland ACT a few years after me. I was a lab tech then. Although I never worked directly under him, Darryl always showed me friendship and gave me plenty of his time and advice as I rose through supervisor to management. We also spent a goodly amount of time socially both locally and when traveling for Ashland and I often, until this day, think of those times today. When I left Ashland he was one of only a handful of coworkers that checked in on me. I know that he would poo-poo me getting too religious here but please give me this moment to let you all know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I am truly sorry for your loss. Please let me know if there will be any public remembrance.

Brian Horvath

March 7, 2017

Darryl was my boss when I worked at Ashland Chemical. He the best boss I ever worked for. He was a brilliant man, a great mentor, and a great friend. We could talk about anything from Chemistry to cars. He would show me models he was working on or completed. The detail he would put in to his models was unbelievable. He taught me a lot working at Ashland and I will never forget that. We both left Ashland but we would still get together time to time for lunches and catch up. I will miss Darryl but I know I am a better person today because of my time with him.
Rest in Peace

Brian Horvath

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