by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, February 16, 1993 TAG: 9302160286 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT KILLINGER, JOSEPHINE WILLIS PETERS
KILLINGER, Josephine Willis Peters, 86, of Salem, died February 13, 1993 after a long illness. She was born in Richmond, Va., October 18, 1906, the first child of the late Rev. and Mrs. James Sidney Peters. She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College and graduated from Farmville State Teacher's College. She received a Masters degree from the College of William and Mary, taught school in Newport News and was a guidance counselor in the Norfolk Public School System until retirement. Mrs. Killinger was a member of First United Methodist Church, Salem, the Jamestowne Society, and the Salem Historical Society. She is survived by her sisters, Agnes P. Nolan, Hockessen, Del., Sara Lee Pollard, Spartinburg, S.C., Betty P. Moorman, Salem; brothers, the Rev. Howard R. Peters, Salem, Franklin W. Peters, Charlottesville; sisters-in-law, Marian Peters, Charlottesville, Alice Lindsey Peters, and brother-in-law, Dr. Warren L. Moorman, both of Salem; also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, in the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Salem with Rev. Thomas Joyce officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the Richfield Foundation Memorial (Garden Fund). The family will receive friends prior to the service Wednesday.