The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-29
Remains of Pryt. Peter
Tuinstra on the Way to
ken0sha From France.
DIED SERVING FLAG
Body Is Disinterred From
Cemetery in France Where
Soldier Was Buried.


ed that some of the brave boys who
marched away to war paid the "last
full measure Of devotion" This will
be recalled when "only box, secure
and strong, rough and wooden and six
feet long" reaches its final destination
here probably on Tuesday morning.
Over the top Of it will be "Old Glory"
and within will be the body of Private
Peter Tuinstra, one of the Kenosha
soldiers who died while serving the
Stars and Stripes" and whose body
has been recently disinterred from the
French cemetery and sent back home
for permanent burial.
Word has been received in Kenosha
by Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Tuinstra, the
parents of the dead soldier, that his
body has arrived at New York and at
their instructions it has been sent on
to Kenosha. 1t is believed that it will
reach this city probably on Tuesday
morning and funeral services will be
held either Tuesday afternoon or on
Wednesday. 1t is the first instance
where the body of a Kenosha soldier
who died overseas has been brought
back to this city.
Been Buried in France.
Private Peter Tuinstra died at sea
from influenza October z, 1918 while
on board transport to France. The
body was buried in the American GEM
etery near Brest. The graves registra-
ton office of the war department, act
ing at the request of the parents, have
disinterred the body and are sending
it back to Kenosha that it may be
buried in the family plot in the Green
Ridge cemetery. The government is
standing all the expense of Transports
ton and in Kenosha local undertakers
have agreed to make no charges for
their services in taking care of the
bodies Of men who died overseas serv-
ing the flag.
The body is to be taken upon it's
arrival in Kenosha to the Hansen NOR
tuary and later to the home of the
parents at Abs Superior street.
A Native of Holland.
Private Tuinstra was born in Wir-
din, Holland, June %, 1888. He had
lived in Kenosha for three years prior
to the opening of the war: He enlisted
in the infantry and left Kenosha ON
August 8, 1918 for Camp Macarthur.
where he received his early training.
As a member of the 9th Infantry he
was sent to France
A peculiar incident regarding Young
Tuinstra's service was the fact that
the family received the usual card. left
at the New York harbor before the
sailing of the transport to be mailed
when it locked at Brest, which told
them that he had arrived safely at
Brest. Several weeks later they re-
ceived word from the government that
Private Tuinstra had died at sea.
The deceased is survived by his par
ents and by two sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Nett and Mrs. Rica Inhoff. all from
Kenosha.
Buried With Military Honors.
The soldiers body will be buried
here with all military honors. The
definite time for the funeral cannot
now be announced but it will be held
at the home at 4S5 Superior street and
will be in charge of the Kenosha post
OF the American Legion. A firing SQUAD
will attend the funeral and will sound
last taps over the remains of their
eonrade when the body is lowered into
its final resting place in the family
plot in the Green Ridge cemetery.