Herschel Dale Hester, Sr. (2000)
HESTER, HARRIS, SLAYBAUGH, THOMAS
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 5/30/2006 at 08:49:16
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 27, 2000Herschel Dale Hester Sr., Winterset
Herschel Dale Hester, 87, of Winterset died of heart failure Dec. 26, 2000, at West Bridge Care in Winterset. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 29, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 28, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial will be at Earlham Cemetery.
Herschel was a lifelong resident of Earlham and a farmer. He married his wife, Jessie (Harris) Hester on Sept. 26, 1935, in Omaha, Neb. He also was employed in the Des Moines Public Schools as a fireman operation engineer. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a son, two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by two daughters, Brenda Slaybaugh of Granger and Margaret Thomas of Winterset; a daughter-in-law, Ellen Hester of Des Moines; two brothers, Chalmers Hester of California and Howard Hester of Knoxville; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Early Chapel Church.
_______________________Earlham Library Obituary Collection
2000Herschel Dale Hester, 87, of Winterset died of heart failure Dec. 26, 2000, at West Bridge Care in Winterset. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 29, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 28, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial will be at Earlham Cemetery.
Herschel was a lifelong resident of Earlham and a farmer. He married his wife, Jessie (Harris) Hester on Sept. 26, 1935, in Omaha, Neb. He also was employed in the Des Moines Public Schools as a fireman operation engineer. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a son, two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by two daughters, Brenda Slaybaugh of Granger and Margaret Thomas of Winterset; a daughter-in-law, Ellen Hester of Des Moines; two brothers, Chalmers Hester of California and Howard Hester of Knoxville; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Gravesite
Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen