Norwood "Woodie" Lester, 78, of Lake, Logan County, died Thursday, April 16, 1998, in Valley Health Village, South Charleston. He was a self-employed carpenter, former commander of VFW Post 3668 at Lake, a World War II veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, serving on D-Day in Normandy and was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Surviving: daughters, Wilma Avsec of Richmond, Va., Annetta Sue Bonham of Sissonville, Beverly Jane Jenkins of Alum Creek; brothers, Charles Lester of Hewett, Dillard Lester of Medina, Ohio; sisters, Hazel Nichols of Hewett, Della Wallen of Ripley; four grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison, with Earl Akers officiating. Burial will be in Nelson Cemetery, Lake, with military graveside rites. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association or Kanawha Hospice in Dunbar.
Surviving: daughters, Wilma Avsec of Richmond, Va., Annetta Sue Bonham of Sissonville, Beverly Jane Jenkins of Alum Creek; brothers, Charles Lester of Hewett, Dillard Lester of Medina, Ohio; sisters, Hazel Nichols of Hewett, Della Wallen of Ripley; four grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison, with Earl Akers officiating. Burial will be in Nelson Cemetery, Lake, with military graveside rites. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association or Kanawha Hospice in Dunbar.
Norwood "Woodie" Lester, 78, of Lake, Logan County, died Thursday, April 16, 1998, in Valley Health Village, South Charleston. He was a self-employed carpenter, former commander of VFW Post 3668 at Lake, a World War II veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, serving on D-Day in Normandy and was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Surviving: daughters, Wilma Avsec of Richmond, Va., Annetta Sue Bonham of Sissonville, Beverly Jane Jenkins of Alum Creek; brothers, Charles Lester of Hewett, Dillard Lester of Medina, Ohio; sisters, Hazel Nichols of Hewett, Della Wallen of Ripley; four grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison, with Earl Akers officiating. Burial will be in Nelson Cemetery, Lake, with military graveside rites. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association or Kanawha Hospice in Dunbar.
Surviving: daughters, Wilma Avsec of Richmond, Va., Annetta Sue Bonham of Sissonville, Beverly Jane Jenkins of Alum Creek; brothers, Charles Lester of Hewett, Dillard Lester of Medina, Ohio; sisters, Hazel Nichols of Hewett, Della Wallen of Ripley; four grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home, Madison, with Earl Akers officiating. Burial will be in Nelson Cemetery, Lake, with military graveside rites. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association or Kanawha Hospice in Dunbar.
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