Continuation of tree (4th child of Richard Peters/Elizabeth Courtney); all known surname descendants:
8 Lester Courtney Peters b: 21 January 1897 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 23 May 1970 Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
+Mary T. Garry b: 14 December 1895 Detroit, Wayne, MI; m: 7 June 1919 Detroit, Wayne, MI [James/Nora Dalton]; d: 7 August 1971 Lansing, Ingham, MI
9 Lester Courtney Peters b: 27 April 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 27 November 1998 East Lansing, Ingham, MI
9 Norine Isabelle Peters b: 26 January 1923 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 13 January 2000 Detroit, Wayne, MI
+Donald Jones b: 21 January 1926; m: 3 July 1954; d: 29 June 1991 Detroit, Wayne, MI
9 Mary Josephine Peters b: 28 March 1924 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 22 August 2003 Lansing, Ingham, MI
+Frank Albert Hopper b: 10 November 1923 Lansing, Ingham, MI; m: unknown [Frank Albert/Grace J. Eaton]; d: 7 October 1972 Lansing, Ingham, MI
9 Joan Elizabeth Peters b: 13 November 1927 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 6 April 2000 Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
+Jerome Conrad Radeke b: 19 August 1925 Grand Rapids, Kent, MI; m: 5 August 1950 [Edward P./Mildred J. Brown]; d: 17 April 1994 Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
9 Kathleen A. Peters b: Abt. 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: Aft. January 2000
+Wendell P. Fuller
9 John Garry Peters b: 14 June 1933 Detroit, Wayne, MI; d: 1 May 1935 Detroit, Wayne, MI
Notes for Lester Courtney Peters:
Census
- 1920 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan: Nora Garry 54 (Ire) widow, Francis A. 25 purchasing dept./auto factory; Lester C. Peters 23 inspector/machine co., wife Mary T. 23.
- 1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI: Lester Peters 33 asst. mgr. life assurance, wife Mary 34, Lester 9, Norine 7, Mary 6, Joan 2 years 4 months.
- 1940 East Lansing, Ingham, MI: Lester C. Peters 43 [$7750 house value] manager/life insurance, wife Mary G. 44, Lester C. Jr. 20, Norine I. 17, Mary J. 16, Joan E. 12, Kathleen A. 9. [526 Marshall Street]
- 1950 East Lansing, Ingham, MI: Lester C. Peters 53 dist. Mgr. insurance/life ins., wife Mary G. 54, Lester C. Jr. 29 manager/record shop, Joan E. 22, Kathleen A. 19, nephew Thomas J. 20 sales/record shop. In Detroit, Norine Peters 27 stenographer/radio station, is rooming.
WWII Records: Lester Courtney Peters Sr., res. 526 Marshall St., Lansing, MI; b. 21 Jan 1897 Detroit, MI; contact Eileen Todd (11987 Ohio St., Detroit, MI); 5'7 1/2", 175 lbs.; hazel eyes & black hair, ruddy complexion, mole on back of neck; 27 Apr 1942 Lansing, MI.
Obituary: Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), Monday, 25 May 1970: Lester C. Peters, R. 1, Barryton: Age 73, died at a Grand Rapids hospital May 23, 1970. He was a lifelong resident of Michigan, member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, was Lansing district manager of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., retiring in 1957; was past president of the Lansing Life Underwriter, past member of the Exchange Club and member of City Club of Lansing. Surviving are one son, Lester C. Jr. of New York; four daughters, Mrs. Donald (Norine) Jones of Taylor, Mrs. F. Albert (Mary Jo) Hopper of Okemos, Mrs. Jerome C. (Joan) Radeke of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Wendell P. (Kathleen) Fuller of East Lansing; 17 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Robert (Eileen) Todd of Detroit. Requiem Mass will be said by Rt. Rev. Jerome V. MacEachin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church with interment in St. Joseph Cemetery. The Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, MI: Lester C. Peters / 1897 - 1970 // Mary G. Peters / 1895 - 1971
Notes for Mary T. Garry:
Obituary: Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), Sunday, 8 August 1971: Services for Mrs. Mary G. Peters, 75, of East Lansing, who died Saturday in a local hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gorsline-Rundiman East Chapel in East Lansing today and Monday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Peters was born in Detroit, but lived in East Lansing for 33 years and resided at 526 Marshall prior to her death. She was a charter member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, a past president of the St. Thomas Altar Society, a member of the St. Agnes Guild, a past president of the League of Catholic Women, a member of the Mercy League of St. Lawrence Hospital Auxiliary and the Daughters of Isabella. Surviving are her son, Lester C. Peters Jr. of East Patchogue, N.Y.; four daughters, Mrs. Donald (Norine) Jones of Taylor, Mrs. F. Albert (Mary Jo) Hopper of Okemos, Mrs. Jerome (Joan) Radeke of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Wendell P. (Kathleen) Fuller of East Lansing and 17 grandchildren.
Obituaries for the children:
Lester Courtney Peters: Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), Sunday, 29 November 1998: (photo) Lester Courtney Peters, Jr., East Lansing: Born April 27, 1920 in Detroit; died November 27, 1998, at the age of 78. Mr. Peters was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and ac active A.L.F.A. volunteer. He was an avid Detroit Tiger fan and lottery player and was a very special uncle and number "7". Keep in mind his famous saying, "Keep to the right in case I'm in the center lane." Surviving are 4 sisters, Norine Jones, Mary Jo Hopper, Joan Radeke, and Kathleen Fuller; 17 nieces and nephews; and 8 cousins. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, November 30, 12 noon at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, East Lansing, with the Rev. Karl Pung, Parochial Vicar, officiating. The Rite of Committal will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gorsline-Runciman Co. East Chapel, East Lansing, beginning Sunday 2 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with the Vigil Service being celebrated at 7:30 p.m. Those desiring may make contributions to Active Living for Adults in memory of Mr. Peters.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, MI: Lester C. Peters Jr. / 1920 - 1998
Norine Isabelle Peters: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Friday, 14 January 2000: Jones - Norine I. (Peters) Age 76. Died January 13, 2000. Beloved wife of the late Donald (D.J.). Loving mother of Dennis (Dawn) and Mary Ellen. Loving granny of Courtney, Devin and Dylan. Sister of Mary Jo Hopper, Joan Radeke, Kathleen Fuller and the late Lester C. Peters. Also leaves 24 nieces and nephews and 28 grand-nieces and nephews. Visitation Friday 3-9 p.m. Scripture service 7 p.m. Prayers Saturday 9:30 a.m. at Charles R. Step Funeral Home, 18425 Beech Daly (btw. 6-7 Mile) Redford. Mass 10 a.m. at St. Agatha Catholic Church. Interment Cadillac Memorial Gardens West.
Tombstone Inscription, Cadillac Memorial Gardens West, Westland, Wayne, MI: Norine I. Jones / loving wife mother granny / Jan. 26, 1923 - Jan. 13, 2000 // Donald Jones / US Navy / World War II / Jan. 21, 1926 - Jun. 29, 1991
Mary Josephine Peters: Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), Sunday, 24 August 2003: Mary Jo (Peters) Hopper, East Lansing, MI: A beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt passed away Friday, August 22, 2003, at Sparrow Hospital surrounded by her caring and loving family, at the age of 79. Mrs. Hopper was born March 28, 1924, in Detroit, MI. She was a graduate of M.S.U., with degrees in Elementary Education and Sociology, and was a longtime member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, East Lansing. Mrs. Hopper was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Albert Hopper Jr., parents, Lester C. and Mary (Garry) Peters, sisters, Norine Jones and Joan Radeke, and brothers, Lester C. Peters Jr. and John Peters. Surviving are her daughters, Elizabeth Smith, Melinda Hull, and Julie (Ronald) Morrison; son, Brian (Carolyn) Hopper; 14 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; and sister, Kathleen Fuller. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, August 26, at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, East Lansing, with the Rev. David J. Speicher, Pastor, officiating. The Rite of Committal will be held in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing. The family will receive friends at the Gorsline-Runciman Co. East Chapel, East Lansing, on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, MI: F. Albert Hopper Jr. / 1923 - 1972 // Mary J. Hopper / 1924 - 2003
Joan Elizabeth Peters: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Saturday, 8 April 2000: Joan Radeke: Musician played the home stage: Long before others began advocating that classical music be issued to new mothers to improve their babies' brain development, Joan Elizabeth Radeke would lull her five children to sleep by playing such works on the piano in the parlor of her Grand Rapids home. "She used to play Mozart and boogie-woogie," said Mrs. Radeke's son, Mark Radeke. "Then there were the light and pretty sonatinas - that's the kind of stuff we listened to at night." Mrs. Radeke, a Grand Rapids resident who died Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 72, believed in spiritual and healing powers of music even as her health deteriorated in recent years. "It was really cool. At. St. Mary's hospital she played sonatinas for the patients on a piano in the patient lounge," her son said. "She'd take her wheelchair down there and play for five minutes or so. The patients really loved it." Born Joan Peters in Detroit, Mrs. Radeke attended schools in Detroit and East Lansing before graduating from Marywood Academy in Grand Rapids. She attended Aquinas College and earned degrees in voice and piano from Michigan State University in 1950. Mark Radeke said his mother won the national Horace Heidt award singing light opera and oratorios after college, but chose not to perform in New York. Instead, she married Jerome Radeeke and became a well-regarded church organist for several Catholic churches in the Grand Rapids area. Concerned about morality and ethics, Mrs. Radeke helped found Citizens for Decent Literature in Grand Rapids in the early 1960s, and worked to foster dialogues between the Roman Catholics in Grand Rapids and members of the Christian Reformed Church. She retired from playing organ at church liturgies in 1974, having done thousands of weddings, funerals and Sunday masses. Besides her son, survivors include her daughters, Maureen Messink, Kathleen Radeke and Sheila Anne Herrington; sisters Mary Jo Hopper and Kathleen Fuller, and four grandchildren. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Arsulowicz Brothers Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be offered at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Grand Rapids.
Tombstone Inscription, Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI: Jerome C. Radeke / AO2 US Navy / World War II / Aug. 19, 1925 - Apr. 17, 1994 // RADEKE / Loving Mom / Joan E. / Nov. 13, 1927 / Apr. 6, 2000 / Loving Daughter / Kathleen M. / Mar. 29, 1957 / Nov. 21, 2013 / Loving Son / Mark E. / Sept. 16, 1952 / July 25, 2011
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