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Chester L. Ward
1920 - 1984
- Chester L. Ward of Crete, Ill. passed away Tuesday,
Sept. 25 at St. James Hospital, Chicago Heights, Ill. Interment was at
Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, Ill.
Chester Leroy Ward was born June 16, 1920 at Wesley, the son of Frank Fay
Ward and Ella (Ridder) Ward.
Chester lived most of his childhood and youth in Klemme and was brought up
in the Methodist Episcopal Church there. He graduated from Klemme High
School and trained as a watchmaker at Elgin National Watch Company for
several years. For a time after, he served as custodian at Public School
201 in Crete. Later, and until his retirement, he was a machinist at
Columbia Tool Steel Company in the Chicago area.
His wife was Martha (Sonja) Vaartmann Haselhorst of Emden, Germany.
He was preceded in death by his wife and his parents. He is survived by
his sister, Elsie Marie Johnson of Houston, TX.; several aunts, an uncle,
a niece, two nephews and a number of cousins.
source: Garner Leader & Signal, 10 Oct 1984, page 2, column 1
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