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Chester Schoenenberger (2010)

ALLISON, AXLUND, BENETTI, BREEDING, CASINI, CHERVINKA, ESPINOZA, FRANKL, SCHOENENBERGER

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 1/23/2010 at 20:10:20

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 13, 2009

CHESTER SCHOENENBERGER, WINTERSET, IOWA

Chester Schoenenberger, 75, of Winterset passed away on Jan. 5, 2010, at Mercy Hospitals in Des Moines due to complications following open heart surgery.

Chester was born Jan. 6, 1935, in a farm house in rural Winterset, Iowa, to J.G. “Doc” and Rella (Breeding) Schoenenberger. He attended Winterset schools, where his mother was a teacher. Chester graduated from Winterset High School in 1952. Throughout high school and shortly after graduation he worked for Martin Skelly station. Subsequently, Chester enlisted in the United States Army and served two years as a military police officer. Before choosing to join the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Chester attended Iowa State University under the GI Bill.

Chester met and married his wife of 45 years, Virginia (Espinoza) Schoenenberger, while on assignment with the Border Patrol in Indio, Calif. He relocated to Langdon, N.D., in 1967 and lived on the Canadian border for seven years working as a customs agent.

In 1974, he accepted an assignment as a border patrol agent in Truth or Consequences, N.M. He remained in New Mexico until retiring in 1987. Upon retirement, Chester returned to his hometown of Winterset and his life as an Iowa farm boy. During retirement, he also worked for the city of Winterset’s Parks and Recreation Department. He completely retired to farm life and helping his family, friends and neighbors in 1996.

Chester is survived by his loving wife, Virginia; three adoring daughters and sons-in-law, Maria and Paul Benetti (Conway, Wash.), Karina and Jason Casini (Des Moines), and Monica and Dan Frankl (Urbandale); nine grandchildren — Margaret, Ellen, Antonia and Sophia (Benetti); Gabrielle, Max and Isabella (Casini); and Samuel and Natalie (Frankl); his brother and sister-in-law, Saul and Alice Schoenenberger (Sitka, Alaska); and his sister and brother-in-law, Fern and Duane Allison (Iowa City). He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Nicholas and James, and sisters, Fannie Anne Chervinka and Helen Axlund.

Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset. Burial was at the Iowa Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa. Arrangements were handled by McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset.

Memorials may be directed to the family at P.O. Box 253, Winterset, Iowa 50273.

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