Hird, Lester J. – 1910-1984

BONSCHMIT, HIRD, HORTON, JACKSON, WHITE, WIEBOLD

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:34

Services for Lester Hird, 73, Zearing, who died Sunday at University Hospitals, Iowa City, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Zearing Christian Church. The Rev. Clifford Jones will officiate. Burial will be in Greencastle Cemetery, near Mingo. Mr. Hird was born Dec. 25, 1910, in Schuyler County. Mo., to Elbert and Zella White Hird. He grew up in Missouri and on Oct. 16, 1949, he married Opel Jackson in Centerville. In 1950, they moved from Lancaster, Mo., to Valeria, Ia. In 1961, they moved to Colo and then Zearing. He worked at Don Peck Truck and Corn Shelling from 1962 until 1974 and then at the State Center Creamery and Zearing Cheese Factory. He retired in 1978.
Survivors include three daughters, Marilyn (Mrs. Kieal) Bonschmit, McCallsburg, Shirley (Mrs. Marlin) Wiebold, Council Bluffs and Betty Horton, Lidonia, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife and one son, James.
Source: Marshalltown (IA) Times Republican; Monday March 5 1984