Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Peters
First Name	Adelaide
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Cinq-Mars
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Lowell, Ma
Date of Birth	1922-10-27
Place of Death	Gardiner, Me
Date of Death	2013-01-06
Publication	Kennebec Journal 1-11-2013
Obituary	DEXTER and GARDINER -- Adelaide Peters, 90, died peacefully at her home Jan. 6, 2013. She was born Oct. 27, 1922, in Lowell, Mass., a daughter of Robert and Cecile (Desrosiers) Cinq-Mars. She was educated in Dexter schools, was a graduate of Sisters Hospital School of Nursing in Waterville, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College School of Nursing, class of 1958. Adelaide served with a rank of 1st. lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps from D-Day to the liberation of the German POW camps during World War II. She was a communicant of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Dexter and St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Gardiner and was proud to have been a 65-year member of the American Legion. During most of her nursing career she was employed by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Togus, serving a short time at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston. She retired to her home town of Dexter and married Leo A. Peters. She was a happy homemaker and helped care for her elderly parents. After the death of her husband, she moved to Gardiner to be closer to her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Alice Banks Boynton, granddaughter Adelaide Chapman and husband Cory, great-granddaughter Carly, and great-grandson Casey, all of Chelsea; daughter Theresa McPherson and husband Al, great-grandsons Matthew and Andrew Padzdziorko, all of Winthrop; three stepsons, Thomas Peters, of Methuen, Mass., Richard Peters, of Dexter, and James Peters, of Andover, Mass., and their wives, partners, children and grandchildren; as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Leo; brother Robert Cinq-Mars; her twin sister, Alice Bruzstowwicz and sister Agnes Cinq-Mars. There will be no visiting hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at a later date at St. Annes Church, Dexter. Spring burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter. Arrangements are by Crosby & Neal, Dexter. Those who wish may sign an online guest register at www.CrosbyNeal.com. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in Kennebec Journal on Jan. 11, 2013.