Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, October 25, 1956
RITES
HELD FRIDAY FOR ASHER HESTER
Last rites for Asher Hester, 78,
former Holyoke merchant, were held Friday afternoon at the Holyoke
Baptist church, with Rev. Alvah C. Lynch officiating. Interment was in
Holyoke Memorial Park.
Mr. Hester died last Wednesday, October
17, at a hospital in Pueblo, where he had been a patient for some time.
He had been in poor health for the past year.
Asher Alvin
Hester, a son of Robert and Mary Hester, was born July 28, 1878, at
Oregon, Missouri. He came to Holyoke in 1918 and operated a store here
for 28 years. He was a member of the Christian church and the Masonic
lodge.
In 1921, Mr. Hester was united in marriage to Mrs. Ada
Gileece, who survives. Other survivors include one brother, John Hester,
Maryville, Missouri; two sisters, Mrs. Altha Uphouse and Mrs. Oda
Woodward, both of Benkelman, Nebraska and a number of nieces, nephews
and other relatives.
Preceding Mr. Hester in death was his only
child, Marguerite, by a former marriage.
Asher
Alvin Hester
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