Joseph Anthony Peters

1916 Weymouth, Massachusetts – 1985 Middleborough, MA

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Pacifique Pitre/Mary Josephine Kelly); all known surname descendants:

                 9          Joseph Anthony Peters  b: 26 October 1916  Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; d: 31 January 1985  Middleborough, Plymouth, MA

                                 +Lucy C. Tamashunas  b: Abt. 1911  Massachusetts; m: Abt. 1949 [Stevens/Karoline ---]

 

                             *2nd Wife of Joseph Anthony Peters:

                                 +Virginia Mary Kasper  b: 2 August 1920  Stoughton, Norfolk, MA; m: unknown [Anthony/Mary Zoris]; d: 1 June 2009  Norwood, Norfolk, MA

                             10       Michael Paul Peters  b: 17 February 1959  Stoughton, Norfolk, MA; d: 22 June 2024  Boiling Springs, Spartanburg, SC

                                           +Marcelle Diane Simmons  b: 9 June 1960  New Bedford, Bristol, MA; m: unknown [Charles/Lorraine Gaboriault]; d: 23 March 2024  Boiling Springs, Spartanburg, SC

                             10       Joseph A. Peters    d: Aft. June 2024  Randolph, Norfolk, MA

                             10       James R. Peters    d: Aft. June 2024  Tennessee

 

 

Notes for Joseph Anthony Peters:

Census

- 1940 Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts:  Poss Peters 65 [$2500 house value], wife Mary J. 50, Ester Francis 25 stitcher/s---try, Joseph 23 helper/rubber, Elizabeth 20 roller/ s---try, widowed mother-in-law Mary Sullivan 76.

 

- 1950 Brockton, Plymouth, MA:  Joseph A. Peters 33 truck driver/freight transportation, wife Lucy C. 38 secretary/shoe factory, widowed mother-in-law Karoline Tamashunas 67   (75 Bonney St.)

WWII Records:  Joseph Anthony Peters, res. 37 Division St., Rockland, MA; b. 26 Oct 1916 S. Weymouth, MA; mother Mrs. Mary Peters; 6'1", 160 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, ruddy complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Rockland, MA.

MISC:  Quincy Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), Thursday, 18 January 1945:  Local Infantry Soldiers in First Battle, includes members of the 398th regiment, Pfc. Joseph A. Peters of 37 Division street, Rockland.

Tombstone Inscription, Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland, MA:  1916  Joseph A. Peters  1985 / 1920  Virginia M.  (blank) / 1910  Edward A. Condon  1991 /  1911  Alyce M. Peters Condon  2011

 

Notes for Virginia Mary Kasper:

Obituary:  The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), 3 June 2009:  Randolph - Virginia Mary (Kasper) Peters, 88, of Randolph, formerly of Middleboro, died on June 1, 2009 in Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood, following a period of declining health.  She was born in Stoughton, daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Zoris) Kasper, attending local schools.  Mrs. Peters worked at Shawmut Woolen Mills in Stoughton for 17 years.  She later worked at Robertson Factory in Middleboro for 10 years and retired from Ocean Spray after working 9 years.  She moved to Middleboro in 1963, where she was a member of the Sodality of Our Lady at Sacred Heart Parish, the Middleboro Senior Citizens, the Nemasket Tenants Association and the AARP.  Mrs. Peters was pre-deceased by her husband, Joseph Peters.  Surviving family members include three sons: Joseph A. of Randolph, Michael P. of South Carolina and James R. Peters of Tennessee; one nephew: Francis Kasper of Arizona; 6 grandchildren.  Funeral from the O'Neill Funeral Home, Middleboro, Thursday at 9 AM.  Mass of Christian Burial in Sacred Heart Church at 10 AM.  Interment Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland.  Calling hours Wednesday, (today) 5-8 PM in the O'Neill Funeral Home.
 

 

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