NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 C. C. Collester Dr. Charles C. Collester, a physician of high reputation, is worthily following in the professional footsteps of his father and for thirteen years has engaged in practice at Spencer. He was born November 6, 1885, in Pierre, South Dakota, and is a son of Dr. Joseph C. and Laura (Chapman) Collester, both natives of Wellington, Ohio. The father is a man of varied talents and has achieved success in the fields of literature, education and medicine. He was superintendent of the public schools of Pierre and in 1889 came to Spencer. He was long numbered among th leading medical practitioners of Clay county and since his retirement from the profession has lived in Whittier, California. He has two children: Clara, who is the wife of Lloyd C. Jones, of Sheldon, North Dakota; and Charles C. Dr. Collester obtained his early education in Spencer, completing his high school course in 1905, and then matriculated in the University of Iowa, which he attended for three years. He next entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and was graduated with the class of 1909. For eighteen months he was house surgeon at Delaware Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, and this was followed by a year's post-graduate work in London, England. Well equipped for his profession, Dr. Collester returned to Spencer in 1912 and an extensive practice is indicative of the confidence reposed in his skill. On June 30, 1913, Dr. Collester married Miss Ethel Lewis, of Cleveland, Ohio, and they now have two children, Marion and Madeline. The Doctor is allied with the republican party and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order. Realizing the importance of his mission, he is constantly striving to perfect himself in his profession and renders to his fellow citizens that service which only the experienced medical practitioner is capable of giving. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/