Hobert J. Lester

1898 - 1975  (77 years)

• Name	Hobert J. Lester  [1]
  Birth	19 Jan 1898	Boylston, Osewgo Co. New York, USA.   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 1975	Watertown, Jefferson Co. New York, USA.
  Person ID	I35909	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles H Lester,   b. 26 Nov 1868   d. 23 Feb 1952 (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Amelia Jane Bargy,   b. 20 Oct 1876   d. 4 Apr 1962 (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F23349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Maria Bennett,   b. 15 Feb 1900, Altmar, Oswego Co., NY d. 9 Jul 1987, Watertown, Jefferson Co. New York, USA. (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1920	Richland, Oswego, New York, USA
  Children	1. Hazel Marguerite Lester,   b. 28 Apr 1921, New York d. 25 Sep 1996, Jefferson Co., NY (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mildred Evelyn Lester,   b. 9 Sep 1922, Richland Township, New York d. 15 Feb 2006, Richland, Oswego, New York (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Charles Hobart Lester,   b. 29 Jan 1924, Richland Township, New York d. 4 Mar 1925, New York, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Dorothy Marie Lester   5. Irma Catherine Lester
  Family ID	F11538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Hobert J. Lester - January 19, 1898 - November 25, 1975. Son of Charles and Amelia Bargy Lester. Husband of Catherine M. Bennett Lester. Married March 17, 1920. Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, December 3, 1975 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Hobert Lester of Orwell dies ¬Hobert Lester, 77, of Orwell passed away on Tuesday, November 25 at the House of the Good Samaritan Hospital, Watertown where he had been a patient for 5 weeks. He was born on January 19, 1898 in the Town of Boylston, the son of Charles and Amelia Bargy Lester. He attended school in Boylston and married Catherine M. Bennett of Richland on March 17, 1920. Mr. Lester was Postmaster at Richland from 1931 to 1935. He served on the Oswego County Draft Board and was Justice of the Peace in Richland for many years. Mr. Lester was a councilman of the Sandy Creek Town Board and was a Republican committeeman in Sandy Creek. He owned and operated a farm machinery business in Pulaski and later in Sandy Creek. For several years, he was a trustee of the Richland Cemetery Association and of the Wesleyan Cemetery at Boylston. For the past 20 years, he spent the - winter months in Fellsmere, Florida where he was on the city council for four years. Mr. Lester was a member of the Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564 F. & A.M., Pulaski Grange No. 730, Pulaski Lodge No. 648, I.O.O.F. and the Church of Christ in Richland. Surviving besides his wife are four daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Hazel) Babcock of Henderson, New York, Mrs. Marshall (Mildred) Minot of Richland, Mrs. Leonard (Dorothy) Schryver, Sr. of Mannsville and Mrs. Wendell (Irma) Chapman of Brewerton; 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Friday, November 28 at 2 p.m. at the Richland Church of Christ with the Rev,. Gene Kearns and Rev. Gerald H. Brownell officiating. Burial was in Richland Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were made by Foster-Hax Funeral Home of Pulaski. Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, should be made to the American Cancer Fund.

  
  

• Sources

  [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Richland, Oswego, New York; Roll: T627_2715; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 38-69.