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CHAMBERS, Wesley Glenn 1921-2012

CHAMBERS, HILDEBRAND, WOOD, PITZ, BILL, FERCH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/2/2012 at 14:43:32

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Wesley Chambers, 90, of Charles City, died Friday, August 31, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Elma.

Funeral services for Wesley Chambers will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at Hauser Funeral Home. Pastor Jason Boyd of Faith Bible Chapel will officiate. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens rural Charles City. Military honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, and on Tuesday an hour prior to the service.

Wesley Glenn Chambers was born October 3, 1921, in Floyd County, the son of Clayton and Nellie (Hildebrand) Chambers. He attended school north of Colwell. Wesley farmed with his father until enlisting in the United States Navy on December 7, 1942. After his discharge, he worked for a brief time at Oliver Corporation.

On November 2, 1946, he was united in marriage to Zella Betty Wood at Marble Rock. They farmed south of New Haven from 1947 to 1949, when they moved to a farm southeast of Colwell. In 1974, they purchased the Colwell Bar and ran it for several years. Wesley enjoyed agriculture and was a farmer at heart. He was a member of the V.F.W. and served on the board of directors of the Colwell Co-op for a brief time.

Living family members include three children, Leo (Denise) Chambers of Lakeville, Minnesota, Donald (Janet) Chambers of Ionia and Dennis (Lishia) Chambers of Alta Vista; eight grandchildren, Megan Chambers, David (Carena) Chambers, Laura Chambers, Andrew Chambers, Amy (Luis) Santiago, Michelle (Mark) Kirsch, Heather (Lyle) Staudenmaier and Brandon Wyckoff; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Lewis (Margaret) Chambers of Marble Rock; and two sisters, Dorothy Bill of Riceville and Marion Meek of Rochester, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 47 years, Zella in 1994; a daughter, Cindy Pitz; three brothers, John, Roy and Clayton Chambers; and two sisters, Edith Bill and Edna Ferch.
Memorials may be directed to ALS Guardian Angels, 33761 Limerick Lane, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 or Iowa Hospice, 18 East Main Street, New Hampton, IA 50659.

The Hauser Funeral Home, in Charles City, 641-228-2323, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hauserfh.com .

[Mason City Globe Gazette online, September 2, 2012]
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Photo from Hauser Funeral Home website.


 

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