Custer County NeArchives Obituaries.....Wood, Lester I. May 18, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com May 20, 2011, 9:32 am Lexington Clipper-Herald May 21, 2011 Lester I. Wood, 88, of Broken Bow, formerly of Mason City, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. Funeral Services will be Saturday, May 21, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Berean Bible Church in Lexington with Pastor Glenn Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Overton Cemetery at Overton. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. He was born Sept. 23, 1922, at Buffalo, to Charles Timothy and Myrtle K. (Feddersen) Wood. Lester was the oldest of 12 children. Lester was a graduate of Oconto High School. He was united in marriage to Cathern Clark on Nov. 20, 1971, at Lexington. Survivors include one daughter, Rita (Paul) Leibhart of Overton; one son, Jerald (Stacia) Wood of California; stepchildren, Vicky (Chuck) Flint of Overton, Barbara (Keith) Pickering of Arkansas, Jacky (Tammy) Ward of Colorado; two brothers, Gary (Marty) Wood of Chappell, Rod (Sandy) Wood of Lexington and three sisters, Donna Stack of Cheyenne, Wyo., Claris (Fritz) Kleinknecht of Callaway and Joyce (Darrell) Stack of North Platte. Lester was also survived 19 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Lester was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Cathern on May 14, 2011; three brothers, Ken, Allan, Charles and one infant brother; two sisters, Norma and Audrey; one great-granddaughter, Sara and one stepson, David. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/custer/obits/w/wood720gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb