OTTO GOTTFRIED "PETE" PETERS
The Hamilton Herald-News
January 2, 2003
Otto "Pete" Gottfried Peters died peacefully at
his home in Cedar Hill on Dec. 14, 2002. Services were held Dec. 18 at Our
Redeemer Lutheran Church in Grand Prairie. He was buried at Dallas/Fort
Worth National Cemetery with full military honors.
He was born April 2, 1924 in Hamilton County, the son of Gustav and Anna
Peters of Shive.
He was a World War II veteran serving aboard the USS Sangay in the
Southwest Pacific. He served in the United States Navy from 1944-1946. He
then entered the United States Air Force in 1950 where he served during
both the Korean and Vietnam Wars as a Branch Superintendent. He retired in
1968 at the rank of Senior Master Sergeant with more than 20 years of
service to his country.
He was married to Lorine Louise Goerdel of Pottsville on Dec. 25, 1950. (Hamilton
County Marriage Record Bk. 11, p. 326.)
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sharon Peters and husband Patrick
Leary; two grandsons, Jason and James Leary; a brother, Gustav Peters;
sisters, Ida Carlson and Frieda Neff; Paula Eisen and husband Rudolph and
Lydia Wagner and husband Leamon; a sister-in-law, Maxine Peters and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Parents were Gustav August Peters,
Sr. and Anna Marie (Peters) Peters.
The Hamilton Herald-News
December 22, 2002
Otto "Pete" Gottfried Peters died peacefully
at his home in Cedar Hill on Dec. 14, 2002. Services were held Dec. 18 at
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Grand Prairie. He was buried at
Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery with full military honors.
He was born April 2, 1924 in Hamilton County, the son of Gustav and Anna
Peters of Shive.
He was a World War II veteran serving aboard the USS Sangay in the
Southwest Pacific. He served in the United States Navy from 1944-1946. He
then entered the United States Air Force in 1950 where he served during
both the Korean and Vietnam Wars as a Branch Superintendent. He retired in
1968 at the rank of Senior Master Sergeant with more than 20 years of
service to his country.
He was married to Lorine Louise Goerdel of Pottsville on Dec. 25, 1950.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sharon Peters and husband Patrick
Leary; two grandsons, Jason and James Leary; a brother, Gustav Peters;
sisters, Ida Carlson and Frieda Neff; Paula Eisen and husband Rudolph and
Lydia Wagner and husband Leamon; a sister-in-law, Maxine Peters and
numerous nieces and nephews.