Memorial Rites
Memorial rites for Sgt. Richard M. Petrus, killed in England in a bomber crash, will be held Sunday.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, July 01, 1945, Page 3
Return Bodies of 4 Local Soldiers
98 Iowans Aboard Lawrence Victory
Bodies of four Council Bluffs soldiers are being returned to the United States from Europe aboard the army transport, Lawrence Victory, the department of the army announced Friday. The vessel will arrive at New York.
Council Bluffs soldiers are being returned: 2nd Lt. Leland J. Evers, son of Albert F. Evers, 908 Avenue H; Sgt. Richard M. Petrus, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Petrus, sr., 219 Frank street; Pfc. Martin Renteria, son of Paul Renteria, 1922 South Fourth street; and Sgt.Kenneth H. Stockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Stockman, 905 Twenty-sixth avenue.
Stockman, Petrus and Evers were all members of the army air force. Renteria was assigned to the infantry.
A total of 98 Iowa bodies are included in the shipment of 5,374 Americans who lost their lives in Europe.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Sunday, July 02, 1948, Page 15
Richard Marvin Petrus was born July 14, 1925 to John Bernard and Lida Louise Moore Petrus. He died Apr. 11, 1945 and is buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA.
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