We are creating a display to honor those LWS alumni and staff who are currently serving in the Armed Forces. If you know of someone who once attended LWS and is now in the service, please send a photo along with his/her name and we will add him/her to our display. This is a fine way to keep these brave young men and women in our thoughts and hearts while they are far from home.
Batavia’s Fallen Heroes 44 Who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice
Ken Swanson
Batavia Cares is producing a special program to be aired on BATV saluting Batavia’s War Dead. The program will look at the lives of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Anyone in Batavia who has information about Batavia’s fallen can contact Batavia Cares at 630-687-1943 or info@bataviacares.org. Batavia Cares is looking for family members, stories about their lives and pictures. Watch this space for individual information and pictures of the fallen. The following is a list of those fallen and they conflict that they served in.
WWI: Anderson, Julius; Amandus, Benson; John Mayo Palmer; Carlson, Andrew E.; Duffy, John; Kelly, John D.; Mier, Carl Bernhard; Peterson, Elmer R.
WWII: Alberovsky, Francis; Anderson, Arnold; Anderson, Donald; Anderson, Robert D.; Bennett, Leo Edward; Bodeen, Arden; Brill, Richard Jack; Burch, John C.; Carr, George; Christensen, Carl E.; Conde, Clare B.; Erickson, Adolph Leroy; Edwards, Dennis Arthur; Holm, Everett; Johnson, Walter H.; Martin, Charles “Ross”; Nelson, Gerald; Palecek, Jerome J.; Pye, Robert; Schmitz, Norbert; Sherman, Homer; Sherman, Donald; Sherman, Robert; Stenman, Everett G.; Stenman, Pendral; Swanson, Kenneth; Wenberg, Laverne O. ; Wiesbrock, John Raymond; Wicklund, Donald Delbert
Korean: Bradford, Herbert Laverne; Thomas, Gordon William
Vietnam: Fletcher, David Foster; Johnson, Charles; Johnson, Martin Raymond; Swain, Charles M.
Cold War: Jackson, Wilbur
Betti Peinsipp came to the USA in 1903 from Neustadt. She had these children with her: Freda, Albert and Joseph. Her husband Albert met her and they settled in Chicago on Canal street. I don't know what happened to Albert, but Betti became Mrs Severin Alberovsky and they lived in Batavia Illinois.
Betti and Severin had one son and Francis was his name. He was their only child and was born around 1917. Betti died sometime late 20's. Francis was a Boilermaker 1st class in the US Navy during WWII and went down on the USS Arizona during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941.
Severin Alberovsky was Chief of Police of Batavia Ill. until 1939 when he was killed in the line of duty just shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was killed in a high speed crash on Wilson Ave.
Francis graduated from Batavia High school about 1935 and joined the Navy. Francis was married to Donna Mari and at the time of Francis death lived in Long Beach california . Their address was 285 Orizba Ave. Long Beach, Ca.
Distant relatives Jim and Jeff Alberhasky live in Iowa City, IA. They are related to Francis by their great great grandfather from Bohemia. The Great Great Grandfather had 3 wives and 20 children. Francis is a son from the 2nd wife and Jim and Jeff are relatives from the 3rd wife. The Alberovsky name was changed to Alberhasky.
Boy Scouts of Troop 21
Identify Veterans Graves
Boy Scouts of Troops 21 in Batavia in conjunction with Batavia Cares have been combing the Batavia East 
and West side cemeteries for the final resting place of veterans. The scouts are working for their Citizenship in the Community badge. This badge helps each of them get one step closer to their Eagle Badge. One part of the requirements to earn the Citizenship in the Community badge is to volunteer 8 hours of their time to an organization here in Batavia. Each veteran’s grave has been indicated on a master map supplied by the City of Batavia. With the encouragement of Mayor Jeff Schielke the project is nearing completion. Now each Memorial Day veteran’s graves can be marked with American Flags. The scouts participating in the project are Andrew Shankland, Daniel Ruff, Dan Janke, Alec and Ethan Bauer.
