Chestelson, Lucy (1919-2010)
CHESTELSON, LOGAN, CROUSE, HALVERSON, STRAWN, DAVIS, EVELAND, SASSMAN, TRENARY
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/4/2010 at 06:26:28
Lucy Chestelson
February 02, 1919 - August 29, 2010Lucy died Sunday evening at Northern Mahaska Rehab & Nursing Center at the age of 91 years, 6 months and 27 days.
Lucy Maryett Chestelson, daughter of Jason and Elizabeth Crouse Logan, was born February 2, 1919, in Spencer, Iowa. She was educated in Marathon, Iowa. She married Elmer Carl Chestelson, Sr., November 14, 1935, and they made their home in Cornell, Iowa, where she lived for 71 years. After sixty years of marriage, Elmer died on December 20, 1995. Lucy moved to Oskaloosa in 2006 to be near her daughter.
Lucy was baptized at and was a life long member of the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids and attended St. John's Lutheran Church after moving to Oskaloosa. As a member of the First Lutheran Church, she served as a mentor for confirmation groups and assisted the pastor in serving communion to the area shut-ins. She will be remembered as a faithful servant to the church.
She was also a member of the Sioux Rapids Historical Society and the Jolly Elders Club. Lucy enjoyed crafts and knitting and spending time with her family.
Lucy’s family includes a daughter, Janet (Gary) Halverson, of Oskaloosa and a son, Carl (Jean) Chestelson, of San Dimas, CA; grandsons: Todd Halverson of Oskaloosa and Eric Chestelson of Laguna Hills, Calif.; a granddaughter, Ann (Jim) Strawn, of Clive, Iowa; four great grandchildren: Zachary and Dillon Chestelson and Emily and Sam Strawn; a sister, Pauleen Davis, of Kansas City, Kansas, and a special niece, Pat (Bill) Eveland, of Gardner, Kansas.
Besides her parents and her husband, Lucy was preceded in death by four sisters: Beulah Sassman, Myrtle Logan, Ida Trenary and an infant sister, Isabelle Logan.
Visitation: will begin at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday afternoon with the family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., September 1, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday morning, September 02, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Rapids, Iowa
Interment: Garfield Township Cemetery in Webb, IowaThe Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church or St. John's Lutheran Church.
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