WW2 - Two Brothers Lost. PFC Robert Peters and PVT Elmer Peters. Visiting Their Graves in Illinois.

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Union Cemetery in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Alvina Peters (1887 – 1969) – mother of Elmer (1910 – 1944) and Robert (1923 – 1944) | World War II
From the Crystal Lake Herald, February 1, 1945: “It would seem sacrifice enough to spare sons for the battle lines, to wonder and worry and long for them every hour they are away. To replace a blue star on the service flag with a gold star marks an almost unbearable increase in the sacrifice, but when two sons give their lives for the country’s help and honor the mother’s gift surpasses expression. No Crystal Lake mother made such a sacrifice in World War I, but Mrs. William H. Peters has lost two fine sons in World War II.”

Brothers Sgt. Elmer Peters and Cpl. Robert Peters were both born on April 17, thirteen years apart. Both attended the Immanuel German Lutheran School. Both were war casualties in November of 1944.

Robert was reported missing in action in Germany on November 2, but later was listed as killed on that date. Elmer was wounded on November 29 by shell fragments while advancing on enemy strong points in a forest in Germany. He was serving as a rifleman in a platoon which was caught in heavy mortar and artillery barrage. He died the following day.

The bodies of both men were interred in the Henri-Chapelle temporary military cemetery in Belgium until they were returned to Crystal Lake and re-buried with military rites in 1947.

Their mother, Alvina Peters said, “People have been so kind to me that it has made my burden much less difficult to bear.”

Alvina Schroeder was born on March 22, 1887 in Crystal Lake and married William Peters. William was born in Germany in 1884 and brought to the United States when he was two years old. William was employed for many years by the American Terra Cotta Company. The couple had five sons and a daughter. Alvina was a member of the Ladies Aid of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion. William Peters died October 26, 1943, the day after Elmer was inducted. Alvina died in December of 1969 at the age of 82. She is remembered as always having a smile on her face, despite her tragic losses.

Watch the video of a reenactment of Alvina Peters greeting friends and celebrating her sons' lives. The actor did a very fine job: https://cl-hs.org/events/past-events/...

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