TRI-CITY TIMES (Sherwood), December 12, 1968
Amelia E. Peters, lifelong resident of the
Wilsonville area, died in the Newberg Nursing Home
on Dec. 6 at the age of 87. Funeral services were
Monday, Dec. 9, in Attrell's Sherwood Funeral
Chapel. The Rev. Otis Harden, pastor of the
United Methodist Church of Sherwood, officiated.
Concluding service with vault interment was at the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Wilsonville.
Mrs. Peters was born the daughter of Louis
Hasselbrink and the former Bertha Wilson on Jan. 20,
1881, at Wilsonville. She attended local schools
and was married Jan. 12, 1908, to Jake Peters who
preceded her in death in February of 1935. She
was an active member of the Wilsonville Methodist
Church for many years. She was a past noble grand
of the Wilsonville Sunshine Rebekah Lodge 206 and
had been an active member for more than 50 years.
Mr. Peters was the postmaster of Wilsonville at the
time of his death. Mrs. Peters took the post office
job in 1935 and remained there until 1947. Her
health had been failing the past two years.
Survivors include two brothers, Andrew Hasselbrink
of Wilsonville and Elmer Hasselbrink, San Francisco,
Calif; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Cora Cuthill of
Lincoln City, niece Mrs. Carol Roos, Sherwood, three
nephews, Pierce Mallory, Salt Lake City, Utah, Elmer
Mallory, Arcadia, Calif., Lyle Hasselbrink, Lincoln
City.
