Lester, Robert 1918-1995

LESTER

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Robert Lester, 77 of Newton died of complications of diabetes Monday at Newton Health care Center, where he was a resident two years. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Howard Street Christian Church in Colfax. Cremation will follow, with burial at Westview Cemetery in Prairie City at a later date.

Mr. Lester was born in Colfax and returned about four years ago after 50 years in Prairie City. He was a retired farmer and school bus driver and a member of the Christian Church.

Surviving are his wife, Doris of Newton; a son, Jerry of Newton; two brothers, Durlyn of Colfax and Leland of Princeton, N.J.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after noon today at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jim DeBoef Scholarship fund at his church. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, January 1995
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Robert E. Lester

Robert E. Lester, 77, of Newton Health Care Center, a former resident of the Prairie City area and of Colfax, died Monday, Jan. 9, at the center.

Cremation followed death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Howard Street Christian Church in Colfax.

The Rev. Thomas Carpe, pastor of the church, will conduct services.

Burial will be held at a later date at the Westview Cemetery near Prairie City.

Memorials to the Jim De Boef Scholarship Fund will be accepted.

Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax is handling arrangements.

Survivors are his wife, Doris; a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Marilyn of Newton; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Durlyn of Colfax and Leland of Princeton, N.J.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. Lester, a farmer in the Prairie City community for nearly 50 years, had been a school bus driver for 26 years.

A member of the Howard Street Christian Church, he was an elder of the church and had served as Sunday school superintendent and teacher and was a former chairman of the church board.

The son of Samuel and Myrtle Ulrich Lester, he was born Aug. 10, 1917 in Colfax and was a 1936 graduate of Colfax Community High School.

He was married to Doris Mc Cuen Jan. 1, 1940 in Bedford. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, January 1995