LESTER, Larry D. (1946-1991)

LESTER, HOLLAND, WILLIAMS, OLTHOFF, BRANDSOY

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 6/1/2023 at 16:49:31

Larry Lester
1946-1991

Services for Larry Lester, 44, of Fort Worth, TX, formerly of Woden, who died Friday, Feb. 1, 1991 at Wichita General Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Woden with Rev. Keith Klemm of St. John's Lutheran Church as officiant.

Mrs. Dean Cataldo will provide music.

Casket bearers will be Dean Holland, John Holland, Jerry Holland, Tom Holland, Randy Holland, and Beuford Stohr.

Burial will be in Bingham Township Cemetery in Woden. Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Woden Veterans Ceremonial Unit. Visitation was at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Woden.

Larry DeWayne Lester, the son of Herman and Ina Sylvia (Holland) Lester, was born September 15, 1946 at Woden. He attended school at Irvington, Algona, country school south of Woden and graduated from Woden-Crystal Lake High School in 1965. He served his country in the U. S. Air Force for four years. He married Beverly Jo Williams at Fort Worth, TX. Larry worked in the Fort Worth area as a mechanic for Mrs. Baird's Bread Company and then as a construction estimator. He received his degree in Architectural Science in Fort Worth.

He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Woden.

He is survived by his children, Christi Lynn Lester and Nathan DeWayne Lester, both of Fort Worth, TX; his sisters and brothers, Mrs. Judy Olthoff of Mason City, Dennis Lester and his wife, Janis of Clear Lake, Donald Lester of Marion, and Mrs. Sharon Brandsoy and her husband, Dean of Austin, MN.

He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 6 Feb 1991, page 6, column 2