About Us
About Peters Funeral Home
Welcome to Peters Funeral Home, a place where care, dignity, and respect are at the heart of what we do. For years, we have been a pillar in the community, offering a serene and compassionate environment for families to commemorate their loved ones.
Our Goal
Clarmar Enterprises consists of three family-owned and operated funeral homes in Kern County. We are here to answer questions you may have regarding any aspect of funeral or cremation services. We strive to give families the information they need to make decisions they can trust. The Peters and Woody families continue to compassionately serve the communities of Kern County as we have for three generations. We are proud of our rich tradition of commitment to excellent service with a caring and dedicated staff. We consider it a privilege to serve each family and appreciate the trust placed in us. We take pride in providing professional services and displaying fairness to everyone we serve. We strive to show integrity and honesty to our families, and to treat those we serve with the respect we ourselves would expect.
Our History
Clarence Peters began his funeral career in the early 1960’s when he took a part-time job with an ambulance service, which also provided livery vehicles to southern San Joaquin Valley (Golden Valley) funeral homes. Interested in funeral service, he then began serving his apprenticeship with Lloyd’s Chapel in Porterville. Clarence made a life-altering decision to dedicate his future to funeral service and, in 1967, entered the California Mortuary Science School in Los Angeles. With his training and licensing completed, he ventured out into ownership in 1973. Clarence and Martha Peters purchased Agee Family Funeral Home, 201 Central Valley Highway, Shafter, and founded Clarmar Enterprises. Two years later, they purchased Robert L. Jones Funeral Home in Wasco. In 1987, they purchased two of their competitors’ businesses, Mish Funeral Home in Shafter and Mish Funeral Home in Wasco. The businesses were streamlined into two operations, Peters Funeral Home in Shafter on Lerdo Hwy and Peters Funeral Home in Wasco on Seventh Street. Their five children, Carolyn, Cheryl, Leslie, Franklin, and Loren, all worked in the family business at one time or another in various capacities. However, their son, Leslie Peters, and daughter, Cheryl Woody, purchased the enterprise in 1994. This was quickly followed by their purchase of J.W. Sams & Son Mortuary in Arvin in 1995. In 2002, Richard D. and Cheryl Woody purchased the operation.
