Robert LESAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn LESAN, and Lorraine DRAKE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. DRAKE, were married in September of 1944 in West Palm Beach, Florida. They moved to the Benton community in 1948.

Robert and Lorraine are the parents of three children: Sharon LESAN BLESSMAN, who is a registered dietition and lives in Des Moines, Iowa; Jacque LESAN DEFENBAUGH, who is a teacher and lives in Savannah, Missouri; and Gene LESAN, who works in a bank and lives in Columbia, South Carolina.

Robert and Lorraine have two granddaughters, Christy BLESSMAN and Laura DEFENBAUGH.

SOURCE: 1887 - Benton, Iowa Centennial - 1987. p. 200. Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, Mount Ayr IA

Transcriptions and notes by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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