Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Peters, Cornelius H. March 25, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com November 5, 2013, 1:26 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Wed. Mar. 26, 1969 LAKE ODESSA – Cornelius H. Peters, 76, a resident of Lake Odessa and Dearborn Heights, died at Oakwood hospital in Dearborn, Tuesday afternoon. He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 29, 1892, the son of Frederik and Heintje Germain Peiters and came to the United States in 1917. He was married to Laura L. Buskirk of Kalamazoo, October 29, 1921. A baker at Michigan State University for a number of years he also pursued his profession at Grand Ledge before coming to Lake Odessa where he was employed at Lake Odessa Canning Company before his retirement 11 years ago. Since then he and Mrs. Peters have spent their winters with their daughter, Norma J. Peters of Dearborn Heights. He was a member of Lakewood United Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Laura L.; two sons, Stanley E. of Lansing, Herbert A. of Ferndale and Lake Odessa and the daughter, Norma of Dearborn Heights; nine grandchildren. There are also five brothers, Frederik, Gerrit, Herman, Arnold, Abram and a sister Heintje, all of the Netherlands. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 pm at Pickens funeral chapel in Lake Odessa with Rev Wilbur Williams officiating. Interment will be at Lakeside cemetery. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cemetery # 14-1727 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/peters22766nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb