Peters, Elizabeth (1925-1947)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Mar 13 p. 1

Birth date: 1925

text of obituary:

Find Frozen Body Of Young Woman Lost In Blizzard

ELIZABETH PETERS, 22, LOST TRYING TO REACH HOME NEAR WINKLER, MAN.

Winkler, Manitoba. — The search for Miss Elizabeth Peters, 22-year-old daughter of Aaron G. Peters of this community who disappeared on Saturday night, Feb. 22, after alighting from a Grey Goose bus here, ended just one week later when her frozen body was found two miles east of town on a windswept, ploughed field.

The discovery was made by a party of searchers under the direction of Julius Dyck of Plum Coulee. For several days parties of fully 200 local residents had been scouring the surrounding countryside for the missing woman.

Funeral services for Miss Peters were held at the Sommerfelder church here on March 5, with Rev. Abram Peters officiating.

The young woman, who had been employed in a home in Carman, was returning to the home of her father near here for the week-end when the tragedy occurred. The bus driver reported that she had decided to continue on to Winkler rather than get off at an intersection near her home, as she was confused in directions due to the storm.

After stopping in Winkler, the driver went to find her brother, Jake Peters, so that he could accompany her the three miles to their home. However, she went on without him, and the search began immediately. The body was found on the Peter Dyck farm, on the opposite side of town from the Peters farm.