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Lester Earl Spears

Birth	:	10 Nov 1920 Rawlins County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	14 Feb 2002 Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Benkelman Cemetery, Benkelman, Dundy County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.0699997, -101.5318985
Description	:	Lester E. Spears, 81, died Thursday (Feb. 14, 2002) at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial. Flossie was born Nov. 10, 1920, in Rawlins County, Kan. to Sherman and Flossie (Hoover) Spears Lester was raised on a farm south of Stratton. On Jan. 14, 1942, he married Mable Bleche at Benkelman. He farmed in the Benkelman area until 1955, when they moved to Sacramento, Calif. and he was employed by Union Pacific Railroad. He later worked for the Rio Linda School District, where he started as night custodian and then became a carpenter for the district. They moved back... Read More	Lester E. Spears, 81, died Thursday (Feb. 14, 2002) at the Chase County Hospital in Imperial. Flossie was born Nov. 10, 1920, in Rawlins County, Kan. to Sherman and Flossie (Hoover) Spears Lester was raised on a farm south of Stratton. On Jan. 14, 1942, he married Mable Bleche at Benkelman. He farmed in the Benkelman area until 1955, when they moved to Sacramento, Calif. and he was employed by Union Pacific Railroad. He later worked for the Rio Linda School District, where he started as night custodian and then became a carpenter for the district. They moved back to the Benkelman area following his retirement. Lester was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; and three sisters. Survivors are: wife, Mable Spears of Benkelman; sons, Phillip and wife, Norma Spears of Rio Linda, Calif., Larry Spears of Sacramento, Calif.; sister, Mildred Stretch and husband, Leslie Stretch of Hamlet; brothers, Glen and wife, Vernice Spears of Benkelman, Bob and wife, Donna Spears of Booneville, Calif., Eldon and wife, Donna Spears of Arvada, Colo.; sisters-in-law, Arlene Spears of Benkelman and Deloris Spears of Peoria, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery, Benkelman, NE. Monday, February 18, 2002 McCook Daily Gazette

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Lester Earl Spears death on 14 Feb 2002 in Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.0699997
Longitude: -101.5318985

Family Members:

Parent

Sherman “Sherm” Spears

(1880 - 1948)

Flossie Lucille Hoover Spears

(1892 - 1978)

Spouse

Mable Blecha Spears

(1924 - 2018)

Siblings

William Lloyd Spears

(1910 - 1913)

Glenn Allen Spears

(1912 - 2009)

Margaret Anita Spears

(1914 - 1914)

Melvin B. “Doc” Spears

(1915 - 1990)

Charles Willis Spears

(1918 - 1924)

Baby Boy Spears

(1922 - 1922)

Mildred P. Spears Stretch

(1929 - 2009)

Laura Belle Jamison

(1936 - 1998)

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