Florence Kester (1999)

KESTER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 7/17/2007 at 12:04:04

Des Moines Register - August 27, 1999
Des Moines, Iowa

FLORENCE KESTER
Earlham

Florence Kester, 105, of Earlham died of complications of a stroke Monday at Earlham Health Care Center. The body was cremated, and memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fisher Funeral Home in Redfield. Burial of the cremains will be at Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.

Mrs. Kester was born in Stuart and had lived in Redfield 47 years before moving to Earlham in 1992. She was a retired teacher, minister and a member of Redfield Christian Church, Daughters of the American Revolution and Order of the Eastern Star.

Surviving are two sons, Henry of Rockport, Texas, and George of Redfield; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.