Claude E. Peters

Mr. Peters died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at his home. He had been a resident of Lawrence since moving here from Topeka in 1948.

He was born Oct. 23, 1912, in Union Star, Mo., the son of William and Gertrude Lucenthia (Pyle) Peters.

He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1936 to 1939 and again during World War II.

He worked as a patrolman for the War Department in Topeka from 1945 to 1948. He then worked for the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs at Haskell Institute from 1948 to 1972. He retired from Haskell after working there as a security officer for more than 23 years.

Mr. Peters also worked part-time for many years for Hird Construction, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Brahler Dental, Hird Vending, Independent Coin-op, Bungalo and Frank’s Laundry.

He married Josephine Masquat on May 1, 1941, in Manhattan, Kan. She died March 31, 1984.

Survivors include five daughters, Claudette Garen, Laramie, Wyo., Linda McCoy, Eudora, Janice Lopez and Wanda Trujillo, both of Lawrence, Debra Garcia-Duran, Belton, Mo.; one brother, Lester, Oklahoma City; two sisters, Bea Abram and Ruby Peters, both of Lawrence; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation, sent in care of the mortuary.