Carroll Edward Peters

1904 Brewer, Maine – 1948 Hampden, Maine

 

 

Continuation of tree (6th child of John Pitre/Harriett Arceneau); all known surname descendants:

                 9        Carroll Edward Peters  b: 2 November 1904  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; d: 11 October 1948  Hampden, Penobscot, ME

                                  + Rose Leone Kiah  b: 6 March 1907  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; m: 27 December 1926  Maine [William Andrew/Alice Doughty]; d: 28 October 1995  Savannah, Chatham, GA

                             10         Lorraine A. Peters  b: 3 July 1927  Boston, Suffolk, MA; d: 22 March 2020  Port Wentworth, Chatham, GA

                                            +Jack Truett Beecher  b: 13 April 1924  Savannah, Chatham, GA; m: 25 December 1947  Bangor, Penobscot, ME; d: 11 June 1975  Savannah, Chatham, GA

                             10         Carroll Edward 'Kayo' Peters  b: 1928  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; d: 7 June 1948  Perry, Washington, ME

                             10         Bernard 'Ben' William Peters  b: 14 February 1930  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; d: Aft. December 2012  Tampa, FL

                             10         Jeanne Marie Peters  b: 21 June 1934  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; d: 10 December 2012  Miami, Dade, FL

                                            +Ronald Gilbert Ellis  b: 25 February 1930  Massachusetts; m: 6 December 1954  Nashua, Hillsborough, NH [Wilfred Atkins/Agnes Adele Phillips]  (divorced 12 April 1990 Miami); d: 22 April 1992  Miami, Dade, FL

                             10         Jeanette Mary Peters  b: 21 June 1934  Brewer, Penobscot, ME; d: 1992  Aston, Delaware, PA

                                            +William John Moore  b: 30 December 1934  Pennsylvania; m: 21 March 1959  Savannah, GA [John/Elizabeth A. ---]; d: 12 May 2008  Aston, Delaware,  PA

 

   

Notes for Carroll Edward Peters:

Census:

- 1930 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine:  Carroll E. Peters 25 pulp mill clerk, wife Leone R. 23, Lorraine A. 2, Carroll E. 1, Bernard W. 2 months.

 

- 1940 Brewer, Penobscot, ME:  Carroll Peters 36 [$800 house value] clerk/pulp paper mill, wife Leone 34, Carroll E. 12, Bernard 10, Jean 5, Janet 5.

 

- 1950 Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts:  Everett D. Owings 28, wife Leone R. 43, stepdaughters Jeanne M. Peters 15 & Jeannette M. Peters 15.

 

Bangor, ME City Directory 1947:  Carroll E. Peters const wkr r164 Highland av & Carroll E. Peters emp Eastern Auto Supply Co r77 Columbia

 

Death:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Monday, 11 October 1948:  Two Bangor Men Perish as Flames Destroy River Cottage at Hampden.- Two men perished in a fire which destroyed a cottage on a high bank overlooking the Penobscot river at Hampden early Sunday morning.  The bodies, which were burned beyond recognition, were tentatively identified by Sheriff John K. Farrar as those of Carroll Peters, 43, and George Leslie Chapman, 38, both of Bangor.  The sheriff said that Peters had occupied the Hampden cottage as guest of an absent family; that Peters and Chapman, acquaintances, had been seen together in a Bangor restaurant Saturday night; and that two men answering their descriptions had left a Hampden bus late that night at the road leading to the river cottage.  Both were missing yesterday, the sheriff said.  Peters had been employed for some time by the Eastern Auto Supply company in Bangor while Chapman, who received his discharge from the U. S. Army last June after nearly six years of service, had recently been employed as a short order cook at a Bangor restaurant.  A motorist, driving along Route 1 in Hampden, discovered the flaming cottage about 4 a.m. and notified Bangor police.  Officers Neal Ryder and James Griffin investigated and they aroused Thomas McDonough of Hampden, whose home is located on the state highway opposite the road leading to the riverbank cottage which was ablaze. (More details followed.)

- The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Wednesday, 13 October 1948:  (After agreeing on the identification of the bodies) - Funeral services for Peters will be held this morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's Catholic church while those for Chapman will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mt. Hope cemetery.  Peters is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John Beecher, Philadelphia, Pa., and Jean and Jeanette Peters, twins, both of Bangor; a son, Bernard Peters, U. S. N.; his father, John J. Peters, and a brother, Franklin Peters of Brewer.

Obituary:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Friday, 15 October 1948:  A High Requiem Mass was held at St. Mary's church yesterday morning for Carroll Peters of Bangor.  The Rev. John H. Clancy officiated.  Bearers were George Boynton, Arthur Roy, Clarence Blake and Warren Harriman.  Interment was in the family lot at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.  The Rev. H. Francis Cox officiated at the committal services.

 

Notes for Leone Rose Kiah:

Obituary:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Tuesday, 31 October 1995:  Leone Kiah Peters Owings.  Savannah, GA - Leone Kiah Peters Owings, 88, died Oct. 28, 1995, at Hospice Savannah, Inc., Savannah, Ga., after a long illness.  Mrs. Owings was predeceased by her parents, William A. and Alice B. Kiah; her son, Carroll Peters; and daughter, Jeannette Peters.  A native of Bangor, she lived in several cities throughout the United States while accompanying her husband, Everett Owings during his military career, settling in Savannah 25 years ago.  She was a homemaker.  Surviving are her son, Bernard W. Peters of Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Lorraine P. Beecher of Savannah, Ga., Jeanne M. Ellis of Miami, Fla.; 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at Sipple's Mortuary, Savannah, Ga., with graveside services 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.  Local arrangements are by Kiley-Birmingham Funeral Home, Brewer.

Tombstone Inscription, Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor, ME:  PETERS / OWINGS / (ground slab) Rose Leone Kiah / Peters Owings / 1907 - 1995

 

Obituaries for the children:

Lorraine Alice Peters:  Savannah Morning News (GA), Wednesday, 25 March 2020:  Lorraine Alice Peters Beecher, 92, died peacefully in her sleep on the morning of Sunday, March 22, 2020 in Port Wentworth with family by her side.  A private funeral will be held for family, with a public memorial service to be scheduled later this summer in Savannah.  Lorraine was born July 3, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Brewer and Bangor, Maine, which she considered her home.  While working at Dow Air Force Base, she met Savannahian Jack Truett Beecher at a dance.  The two were married in Bangor on Christmas day in 1947.  Jack’s work as a cartographer with the National Geodetic Survey took the couple around the eastern and southern United States for their first twenty-five years of their marriage.  She was baptized in Meldrim, Georgia, and continued to grow in the strength of her faith.  They then settled in Savannah, where Lorraine lived for the remainder of her life.  Lorraine loved maps and travel, and regularly made solo roads trips, knowing well all the highways from Miami to Maine.  She loved her friends and family, connecting with them on her travels and inviting them into her home.  Following her husband’s death in 1975, she served as the family’s matriarch, keeping both sides of the family connected for decades.  Lorraine was “home” for her sisters and many nieces and nephews.  No member of the family made a trip down I-95 without planning a stop in Savannah to visit Aunt Lorraine.  A lover of Savannah’s history, she was the very first tour bus driver in the city with Old Savannah Tours, a position she relished for many years.  She volunteered with numerous area organizations, ranging from the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association to a walking and running club at Lake Mayer.  She worked for a home and real estate magazine, which took her to every corner of the greater Savannah area.  Later in life, she worked in various gift shops, including for many years at the Hallmark store in The Village on Skidaway Island.  Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, her mother Rose Leone Kiah Peters Owing of Maine, brothers Carol “Kayo” Peters and Bernard “Pete” Peters of Tampa, and twin sisters Jeanne Peters Ellis of Miami and Jeannette Peters Moore of Chester, Pennsylvania.  She is survived by her three daughters: Laurel Beecher Powers of Savannah, Jacqueline Beecher Hennig (Ric) of Atlanta, and Rebecca Beecher Kramer (Fred) of Rincon, and four grandchildren: Joshua Powers of Fairfax VA, Zachary Powers of Arlington VA, Hannah Kramer Little (Philip) of Sumter SC, and Frederick Kramer of Pooler.  A private funeral will be held for family, with a public memorial service to be scheduled later this summer in Savannah.  Baker McCullough Funeral Home and Cremation was in charge of arrangements.

 

Carroll Edward Peters:  The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Wednesday, 9 June 1948:  Carroll E. Peters, Jr. - The remains of Carroll Edward Peters, Jr. 19, who was killed in a highway crash at Perry Monday night were brought to Bangor yesterday and are at the Kelleher funeral home, 119 Cedar street.  Plans for the funeral service will be announced.  Born in Bangor, Peters attended the Brewer grammar and high schools, and was an employ of the Rudman Beverage company at the time of his death.  Surviving are his father, Carroll E. Peters; his mother, Mrs. Everett Owings; three sisters, Jean and Jeannette of Bangor and Mrs. Jack Beecher of Savannah, Ga., a brother, Bernard W. Peters, Bangor; two grandfathers, William A. Kiah of Millinocket, and John Peters of Holden.

Tombstone Inscription, Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor, ME:  Carroll E. / Peters / 1928 - 1948

 

Jeanne Marie Peters:  The Miami Herald (Miami, FL), Friday, 14 December 2012:  Ellis, Jeanne.  Jeanne Peters Jeanne Ellis (June 21, 1934 - December 10, 2012)  On December 10, 2012, Jeanne Marie Ellis (nee Peters) entered the kingdom of heaven, after a courageous three-year battle with a rare form of cancer.  Born in Maine, she lived in Bangor and Brewer as a child, and attended high school in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  She came with her husband, Ronald G. Ellis, to Miami in the 1950s and raised four children.  Despite spending most of her life in Miami, Jeanne never lost her love for the beauty of New England.  Jeanne was an extraordinarily well-loved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and teacher.  She spent thirty years as 'Miss Jeanne' at Gateway Christian School in Miami, where she taught and loved hundreds of pre-school-aged children and their parents over the years.  She is survived by her sister, Lorraine Peters Beecher, her brother Bernard Peters; four children, Ronald G. Ellis Jr., Jerald K. Ellis, Jeannie Ellis McFadden, and Valerie S. Ellis; and their spouses and children.  She was predeceased by her parents, Rose Leone Peters and Carroll Peters, her brother 'Cayo' Peters, and her twin sister, Jeannette Peters Moore.  A memorial service and internment will be held at Wood lawn Funeral Home and Cemetery South, Miami on Friday, December 14, 2012, beginning at 10 am.

 

Jeanette Mary Peters:  Tombstone Inscription, Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston, PA:  Jeannette M. / Peters / 1934 - 1992

 

 

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