Chester Frank RENNER

RENNER, GREIMANN, LINDEKUGEL, JARCHOW, DOESCHER, BLASINGAME, THEIMANN, MURRAY, HAMRICK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/3/2011 at 12:16:31

August 23, 1918 --- February 2, 2011

CLEAR LAKE, IA - Chester Frank Renner, 92, of Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Diana Hoover officiating. Graveside services will be in Ell Twp. Cemetery in Klemme. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake and then one hour prior to the service on Monday, Feb. 7, at the church. Family suggests memorials to the C. F. Renner Memorial Fund.

Chester was born Aug. 23, 1918, in Daykin, Neb., the son of Robert S. and Nora Elizabeth (Lindekugel) Renner. He attended country school for three years and graduated from Daykin High School in the spring of 1936. Two years later he moved to Clear Lake with his parents to a farm south of Clear Lake. He found a job working for a farmer who also needed a hired girl, so he sent a proposal back to his high school sweetheart, Ina Mae Jarchow. They were married on April 30, 1938.
In 1948, they moved to a farm east of Klemme, where they farmed until Ina Mae passed away in 1984. After retirement, Chet moved to Clear Lake. He married Elsie (Theimann) Murray on July 9, 1984. Chester enjoyed his family very much and rarely missed any events that his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren participated in. He loved all sports. He served on several boards including the elevator, church, extension and the housing development board in Klemme. One of the things he enjoyed most was helping at the Garner Livestock Sale Barn every fall when they would sell four to five thousand head of cattle from noon until late at night. Chet enjoyed travel, most recently, bus trips to many locations sponsored by Clear Lake Bank and Apple Valley.

Chester leaves to mourn his two sons: William (Julie) Renner, Garner, and Thomas (Janelle) Renner, Ventura; son-in-law, Lowell (Jenny) Greimann, Ames; sister, Thelma Doescher, Mason City; four stepchildren: Janet Blasingame, Cedar Rapids; Jerry (Doree) Murray, Port Byron, Ill.; Thomas (Kathy) Murray, Iowa City, and Mary Jo (Brian) Hamrick, Springville; 17 grandchildren; and many greatgrandchildren; sister-in-law Mildred Renner, Thornton, many friends, and his Apple Valley Family. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ina Mae, second wife, Elsie; daughter, Jane Greimann; brother, Norval Renner; brother-in-law, Harold Doescher, and step son-in-law, James Blasingame. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
February 4, 2011