This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LESTER, HAINES, LEINAAR, ODETTE, DEVRIES, SIMMONS, PEDERSON, ANDERSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1705 Message Board Post: LESTER, Mrs. Lillian 'Marie" Age 88 Delton Passed away November 23, 2005. Mrs. Lester was born on November 12, 1917, in Hope Township, MI, the daughter of Henry and Lillian (Haines) Leinaar. She was a longtime member of the Johnstown Grange and the Kingsley Ladies Aid Society. She loved reading, crossword puzzles, feeding and watching the birds and going out to eat. Mrs. Lester is survived by: A daughter Marietta (Larry) Odette of Battle Creek, sons; Bernard (Louise) Lester of Plainwell, and Darl (Carlene) Lester of Delton, a daughter in law Waneta "Skeet" Lester of Delton, sisters in law: Doris Leinaar and Wilma Jean DeVries, both of Delton, twenty grandchildren, and several great and great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Lester was preceded in death by her husband Harold in 1967, a son William in 2005, a daughter Margaret Simmons, a granddaughter Patricia Lester, great grandsons: Teague Pederson and Alexander Lester, a great granddaughter Conleigh Anderson, brothers Richard and Boyd Leinaar, sisters ! Helen Leinaar and Josephine Lester. The family will receive friends Monday 5:00 to 8:00 PM at WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, November 29, 2205, 11:00 AM at Faith United Methodist Church, Delton, Pastor Daniel Hofmann officiating. Interment will take place at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice or Barry County Commission on Aging Meals on Wheels program. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 11/26/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)