Emma Delcena Schaeffer was the daughter of Henry Israel and Phebe Ann Latimer Schaeffer.
Mrs. Della Chester, 95, died Friday after and extended illness in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Veda Rand, for a number of years.
Mrs. Chester is survived by one son, Guy Chester of Effingham, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Crossley of Effingham and Mrs. Rand, Hicksville: six grandchildren and for great grandchildren.
He husband, Homer Chester, died in 1951.
Mrs. Chester was a member of the Effingham Christian church and Rebekah lodge.
Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Effingham cemetery.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 22 Jun 1969, Sun, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chester of Effingham will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, with and open house from 2 to 5 o'clock at the home of their son Guy Chester, five miles south of Effingham. No invitations will be sent for the celebration, but all friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester are the parents of three children, Mrs. Cecil Crossley, Los Angeles, Mrs. Alwyn Rand, Hicksville, on Long Island, New York, and Guy Chester, Effingham; five grandchildren, George and Adele Rand, New York; Ruth Ann, Mary Margaret and Charles Chester, Effingham.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester are members of the Christian church. Mr. Chester received his 25 year jewel in the IOOF lodge several years ago. Mrs. Chester is a past noble grand of the Rebekah lodge and has passed through all the chairs.
Homer Chester was born on a farm near Knoxville, Ill. Feb. 9, 1874 and moved with his parents to a farm near Shenandoah, Ia., Sept. 14, 1872, 1872, Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester attended school at Western Normal college. Mrs. Chester taught school for seven years near Shenandoah. The couple was married in the Methodist parsonage in Malvern Ia., March 18, 1900 by the Rev. H. E. Slothower. They started housekeeping on a farm south of Shenandoah and in 1905 located near Effingham where they resided until their retirement several years ago.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 16 Mar 1950, The, Page 8
Mrs. Della Chester, 95, died Friday after and extended illness in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Veda Rand, for a number of years.
Mrs. Chester is survived by one son, Guy Chester of Effingham, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Crossley of Effingham and Mrs. Rand, Hicksville: six grandchildren and for great grandchildren.
He husband, Homer Chester, died in 1951.
Mrs. Chester was a member of the Effingham Christian church and Rebekah lodge.
Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Effingham cemetery.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 22 Jun 1969, Sun, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chester of Effingham will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, with and open house from 2 to 5 o'clock at the home of their son Guy Chester, five miles south of Effingham. No invitations will be sent for the celebration, but all friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester are the parents of three children, Mrs. Cecil Crossley, Los Angeles, Mrs. Alwyn Rand, Hicksville, on Long Island, New York, and Guy Chester, Effingham; five grandchildren, George and Adele Rand, New York; Ruth Ann, Mary Margaret and Charles Chester, Effingham.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester are members of the Christian church. Mr. Chester received his 25 year jewel in the IOOF lodge several years ago. Mrs. Chester is a past noble grand of the Rebekah lodge and has passed through all the chairs.
Homer Chester was born on a farm near Knoxville, Ill. Feb. 9, 1874 and moved with his parents to a farm near Shenandoah, Ia., Sept. 14, 1872, 1872, Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester attended school at Western Normal college. Mrs. Chester taught school for seven years near Shenandoah. The couple was married in the Methodist parsonage in Malvern Ia., March 18, 1900 by the Rev. H. E. Slothower. They started housekeeping on a farm south of Shenandoah and in 1905 located near Effingham where they resided until their retirement several years ago.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 16 Mar 1950, The, Page 8
Emma Delcena Schaeffer was the daughter of Henry Israel and Phebe Ann Latimer Schaeffer.
Mrs. Della Chester, 95, died Friday after and extended illness in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Veda Rand, for a number of years.
Mrs. Chester is survived by one son, Guy Chester of Effingham, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Crossley of Effingham and Mrs. Rand, Hicksville: six grandchildren and for great grandchildren.
He husband, Homer Chester, died in 1951.
Mrs. Chester was a member of the Effingham Christian church and Rebekah lodge.
Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Effingham cemetery.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 22 Jun 1969, Sun, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chester of Effingham will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, with and open house from 2 to 5 o'clock at the home of their son Guy Chester, five miles south of Effingham. No invitations will be sent for the celebration, but all friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester are the parents of three children, Mrs. Cecil Crossley, Los Angeles, Mrs. Alwyn Rand, Hicksville, on Long Island, New York, and Guy Chester, Effingham; five grandchildren, George and Adele Rand, New York; Ruth Ann, Mary Margaret and Charles Chester, Effingham.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester are members of the Christian church. Mr. Chester received his 25 year jewel in the IOOF lodge several years ago. Mrs. Chester is a past noble grand of the Rebekah lodge and has passed through all the chairs.
Homer Chester was born on a farm near Knoxville, Ill. Feb. 9, 1874 and moved with his parents to a farm near Shenandoah, Ia., Sept. 14, 1872, 1872, Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester attended school at Western Normal college. Mrs. Chester taught school for seven years near Shenandoah. The couple was married in the Methodist parsonage in Malvern Ia., March 18, 1900 by the Rev. H. E. Slothower. They started housekeeping on a farm south of Shenandoah and in 1905 located near Effingham where they resided until their retirement several years ago.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 16 Mar 1950, The, Page 8
Mrs. Della Chester, 95, died Friday after and extended illness in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Veda Rand, for a number of years.
Mrs. Chester is survived by one son, Guy Chester of Effingham, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Crossley of Effingham and Mrs. Rand, Hicksville: six grandchildren and for great grandchildren.
He husband, Homer Chester, died in 1951.
Mrs. Chester was a member of the Effingham Christian church and Rebekah lodge.
Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Effingham cemetery.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 22 Jun 1969, Sun, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chester of Effingham will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, with and open house from 2 to 5 o'clock at the home of their son Guy Chester, five miles south of Effingham. No invitations will be sent for the celebration, but all friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester are the parents of three children, Mrs. Cecil Crossley, Los Angeles, Mrs. Alwyn Rand, Hicksville, on Long Island, New York, and Guy Chester, Effingham; five grandchildren, George and Adele Rand, New York; Ruth Ann, Mary Margaret and Charles Chester, Effingham.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester are members of the Christian church. Mr. Chester received his 25 year jewel in the IOOF lodge several years ago. Mrs. Chester is a past noble grand of the Rebekah lodge and has passed through all the chairs.
Homer Chester was born on a farm near Knoxville, Ill. Feb. 9, 1874 and moved with his parents to a farm near Shenandoah, Ia., Sept. 14, 1872, 1872, Both Mr. and Mrs. Chester attended school at Western Normal college. Mrs. Chester taught school for seven years near Shenandoah. The couple was married in the Methodist parsonage in Malvern Ia., March 18, 1900 by the Rev. H. E. Slothower. They started housekeeping on a farm south of Shenandoah and in 1905 located near Effingham where they resided until their retirement several years ago.
The Atchison Daily Globe, 16 Mar 1950, The, Page 8
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