Charles Frank Peters

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  General Notes:

BIO:~UObituary from newspaper~u
~BFrank Peters Dies; Railroader 47 Years~b
~BFrank C. Peters~b, 71, of 1309 East Second street, died at 7:30
a.m. today at the St. Joseph hospital.
The son of John and Margaret Peters, he was born February 28,
1877 in Ottumwa where he had lived most of his life. An employee of
the Burlington railroad for the past 47 years, Mr. Peters was a member
of Sacred Hearth Catholic church and of General Shields council, No
888 of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Peters is survived by his wife, Gertrude; three sons, Dan of
Cedar Rapids and Francis and John, both of Ottumwa; one brother, Ed of
Cedar Rapids; one sister, Mrs. Clara Booth of Ottumwa; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 8:30 a.m. at the Traul
funeral and at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church where a
requiem low mass will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M Walsh,
V. F. burial will be made in Calvary Cemetary.
Pallbearers will be members of the Knights of Columbus.
Members of Sacred Heart and St. Mary's parishes will meet Sunday
at 8 p.m. at the Traul funeral home to recite the rosary. Members of
the General Shield Council, No. 888 of Knights of Columbus will meet
at their home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. to go in a body to the funeral home
to recite the rosaray.

  Noted events in his life were:

• MARR, 29 Jun 1899, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Charles married Gertrude Cecelia Hannon, daughter of Daniel J. Hartigan Jr. and Elizabeth Maher, on 29 Jun 1899 in Ottumwa, Iowa. (Gertrude Cecelia Hannon was born on 22 Jan 1874 in Ottumwa, Iowa and died on 2 Mar 1950 in Ottumwa, Iowa.)