More than a hundred people gathered on the banks of the Susquehanna River on Sunday night to remember the life of William Peters III.

Peters, 16, was found dead in the Susquehanna River on Thursday, Sept. 11, after a three-day search.

The Rev. Shannon D’Agostino, chaplain of the Millersburg Fire Co., led the service in the borough’s Myo Park as the sun set over the river. The service started with Bruno Mars’ “Talking to the Moon,” a song about missing a loved one.

“The song taps into our universal human experience of yearning for someone far away. To me, that song probably represents how most of us are feeling right now about William,” D’Agostino said. “You want him back. You tried to get to him. Some of us tonight feel all alone, even though we are surrounded by a community that c

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