Carmen Peak, 90, of Grinnell died July 10, 2008, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with Pastor Thomas Lloyd, retired pastor of Westfield Community Church, officiating. Organist will be Mickey Pickens. Vocalists will be Patsy Smith and Hawkeye and Tricia Caramazza. Pallbearers will be Todd, Zachary, and Darren Peak, Jonathan Ehler, Kirk Rasmussen, and Mike Brady. Honorary Bearers will be James, Donald, and Melvin Pickett, Timothy Blount, Larry Dean Brown, Gary Gene Brown, Lenny Smith, and Allan Moyer. Burial will be in Westfield Cemetery near Grinnell. Visitation will be held from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, at the Smith Funeral Home and where the family will be present from 5:00 to 8:00 Friday evening at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell Regional Hospice or to the Westfield Cemetery Association. The daughter of Melvin and Minthia Burgraaff Cooper, she was born May 24, 1918, at the family farm home near Cordova, Iowa. Before she was of school age, her family moved to Newton, where she received her education, graduating with the class of 1936. On September 28, 1940, she was united in marriage to James Peak, at the Presbyterian Church in Newton. The couple farmed together their entire lives in the Westfield Community, southwest of Grinnell. Carmen was a faithful member of the Westfield Community Church, where she taught Sunday school classes and played the piano at Sunday services for many years. She enjoyed her life on the farm where she had hosted many family gatherings. She was an active homemaker and her hobbies included sewing, crocheting, embroidery, and quilting. She enjoyed gardening, canning her produce, and raising chickens. She held a compassion for wildlife. Survivors include two children, Geoffrey (Joyce) Peak of Grinnell and Betty (Frank) Ehler of Kellogg; two sisters, Dorothy Pickett and Ruby Blount, both of Newton; eight grandchildren, Todd Peak of Grinnell, Laura Whitaker of Phoenix, Zach Peak of Iowa City, Darren Peak of Grinnell, JoAnn Rasmussen of Arvada, Colorado, JoLene Brady of Kellogg, JoEllen Ehler of Scotttsdale, Arizona, and Jonathan Ehler of Greenfield, Iowa; and nine great-grandchildren, Tiffany Peak of Cedar Falls, Kelsey Whitaker of Grinnell, Lexi Hart and Elijah White, both of Phoenix, Trenton, Ethan, Austin, and Colton Brady, all of Kellogg, and Claire Rasmussen of Arvada, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James; and two sisters, Thelma Brown and Irma Pickett.