Lee Chester

Lee Clair Chester age 86 of Plainfield died Sunday, October 2, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2011, at the First Baptist Church in Plainfield with Pastor Shawn Geer officiating. Interment will be in Willow Lawn Cemetery with Lisa Chester, Jim McCurdy, Andi McCurdi-Savago, Katie Savago, Jackie Brazzil, Robyn Brazzil and Stephanie Frana serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Kendyl Woods, Cooper McCurdy-Savago, Elizabeth McCurdy-Savago, Jedrek Muehling and Charlee McCurdy. Military honors will be conducted by the Waverly Amvets. Friends may greet the family an hour prior to the funeral at the church on Friday. Lee Clair Chester was born November 9, 1924, in Plainfield, IA, the only child of Ralph and Nila (Smith) Chester. He received his education in a rural country school and graduated from the Plainfield High School in 1943. Lee served his country during WWII as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corp. He was honorably discharged on December 13, 1946. He was united in marriage to Lorraine Lynes on June 11, 1945, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly. To this union five children were born. The couple farmed after Lee returned from WWII until 1969. He then turned a hobby into a business whereby he became a photographer known in the area as Foto-Farmer. Lee was one of the first in the area to be involved in running some of the early computers. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Lorraine of Plainfield; two daughters, Kathy Weber (Bob Brazzil) of Naperville, IL, Bobbi Chester of Manchester, IA; one son, Reed (Linda) Chester of Grayslake, IL; son-in-law, Vincent Frana of Cadiz, KY; brother-in-law, Wally Lynes of Plainfield; sister-in-law, Opal Lynes of Plainfield; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren; and dear family friend, Norma Nolting of New Hampton, IA. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters, Diana Frana and Renee Chester and brother-in-law, Bill Lynes.