Francis Peters
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Francis Lee Peters (1919 - 2009)

Francis Lee Peters
Born in Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 22 Feb 1942 in Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Died at age 89 in Lake Ariel, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Francis Lee Peters was the son of Lura Avis Howland and Friend August Peters. He was born 30 Dec 1919 in Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.[1] He graduated from Elmer L. Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, in Jun 1937.[2] He and Roberta Dora Kline applied for a marriage license at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre on 20 Feb 1942. They were married on 22 Feb 1942 in Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Clarence L. Andrews.[3] The couple raised two children:[4]

  1. a daughter (still living)
  2. Francis Friend Peters

He worked as a weigh master in the coal industry in Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania. After attending Deep Springs College in California and the Electronic Data Processing Institute in New York, he worked for Chrysler Finance in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, as a systems analyst.[5]

He died 27 Jul 2009 at the home of his daughter in Lake Ariel, Wayne, Pennsylvania.[5] His cremains were buried on 26 Sep 2009 along with his wife's, in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.[4]

Military Service

Francis Peters is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Apr 1942-Jan 1946
Served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Francis was a veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 21 Apr 1942[6] and entered into service at New Cumberland, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pacific Theater from 31 Mar 1945 to 21 Dec 1945 with the 311th General Hospital in the Philippines. He was honorably discharged on 5 Jan 1946 at Indiantown Gap, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[7]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6YC-CK8 : accessed 26 November 2017), Francis Lee Peters in household of Friend Peters, Forty Fort Ward 2, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 45, sheet 16A, line 20, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1592; FHL microfilm 1,821,592.
  2. The Senior Class of the Elmer L. Meyers High School. The Colophon - 1937. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: no publisher, 1937.
  3. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFH-KMM : 23 September 2017), Francis Peters and Roberta Dora Kline, 1942.
  4. 4.0 4.1 First-hand information as remembered by his niece, Star A. Kline.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Francis L. Peters," obituary, Scranton (Pennsylvania) Times, 30 July 2009.
  6. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMJK-3FS : 5 December 2014), Francis L Peters, enlisted 21 Apr 1942, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  7. Peters, Francis L., Application for WWII Compensation, 19 January 1950; Records of the Department of Military Affairs, Record Group 19.92; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

See also:

  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH78-N5R : accessed 26 November 2017), Francis Peters in household of Friend Peters, Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 278, sheet 5B, line 77, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2074; FHL microfilm 2,341,808.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ74-5Q5 : accessed 26 November 2017), Francis Peters in household of Friend A Peters, Ward 15, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-327, sheet 11A, line 33, family 199, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3563.
  • "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBP-PFQV : Fri Oct 06 10:41:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis Peters and Roberta D Peters, 10 April 1950.
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (database on-line at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2441). Publisher: Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2011.
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5G7-BJW : 12 January 2021), Francis L Peters, 27 Jul 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  • "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTY-43F2 : Tue Oct 17 20:18:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Mr Francis L Peters and Susan L Brazzo, 30 Jul 2009.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 January 2019), memorial page for Francis Lee Peters (30 Dec 1919–27 Jul 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #43257079, citing Oak Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).


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This profile was originally created by Star Kline, Francis's niece.





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