Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McVicker, Lester Leroy 1906
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 7 & 11 Jan 1906

Retired Chief Steward at the Reformatory Dies

Lester McVicker, 66, former chief steward at Michigan Reformatory, died Thursday
night at the hospital in Petoskey.  He retired in June of 1961, following 23 years
of state employment at the reformatory.  All except two days of his employment was
in the various kitchen departments of the institution.

Previous to the establishment of the steward’s department in 1947 the work was
handled by various guards assigned to kitchen duty.  Their activity in connection
with the work was mainly to supervise inmates who did the cooking and preparation of
meals.

To further his knowledge for this work McVicker attended night school and took
correspondence courses and the steward’s department soon became his pride and joy.

He is a past worthy patron of Ionia Eastern Star and was a member of the F&AM blue
lodge.

Following his retirement he and Mrs. McVicker have spent most of their time at
Central Lake.

Surviving in addition to his wife, Julia, are a daughter, Mrs. Fred Culp of Ionia;
son, Marvin McVicker of Flint, six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Minerva Dunker and
a brother, Jesse McVicker of Central Lake.

Contributions will be accepted for the cancer fund at Myers funeral home where
funeral arrangements are being made.

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Funeral service was conducted at 11:30 Monday morning for Lester McVicker, 66, of
Central Lake, who died Thursday in a Petoskey hospital.  The Rev. Raymond E.
Bierlein, pastor of Ionia St. Johns Episcopal church officiated and interment was at
Highland Park cemetery.  Bearers were Ronald Reister, Fred George, Fred Culp,
Stephen Hartman, William Hartman and Cecil Travis.

Attending in groups were friends and fellow employes from F&AM lodge, Order of
Eastern Star, Ionia State Hospital, Michigan Reformatory and Michigan Training
Unit.

Attending from out of town were Mrs. Jesse McVicker and Mrs. Clare Dunker of Central
Lake, Mrs. E. Truesdell of Fenwick, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Conner and Mrs. Donald Taylor
of Saranac, Mrs. Blanche Ward of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grumbly of Owosso,
Mr. and Mrs. John Scholtens, Warden and Mrs. George Kropp and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Swanson of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Niess and family of Grand Rapids, Mrs.
Marian Treynor, Mary Lou and Jean Shindorf of Belding, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Melaneon,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McVicker and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McVicker, Jr., and family, all
of Flint.


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