BREWER, Lester H.: Died 1978
BREWER, GREIST, JOHNSON, SPEARS, HISSEM
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Ottumwa Courier, Friday, January 6, 1978
LESTER BREWER
KEOSAUQUA - Lester H. Brewer, 86, of Keosauqua died Jan. 6 at Van Buren County Hospital.
He was born Dec. 14, 1891, near Utica to John Wesley and Ada Greist Brewer. He was a carpenter and a member of Carpenter's Local No. 183 in Peoria, Ill.
He married Orpha Johnson Feb. 26, 1913, at Crookston, Minn. They lived in Minnesota and Peoria and moved to Keosauqua in 1971.
Survivors: his wife; a daughter, Betty Spears of Minneapolis, Minn.; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Hissem of Milton; and brothers Glen of Ogalalla, Neb., and Van of Minneapolis, Minn.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home, the Rev. John Cornish officiating. Burial: Pittsburg Cemetery near Keosauqua.
Source: "Slutts Book", Pg. 224, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA
Van Buren Obituaries maintained by Rich Lowe.
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