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Claude Delong Lester

Claude Delong Lester

Male 1877 - 1959  (81 years)


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  • Name Claude Delong Lester 
    Birth 8 Nov 1877 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jul 1959 
    Person ID I70341  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Emory Bartlett Lester,   b. 4 Nov 1847, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1925, Lacona, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lora Adeline Stevens,   b. 1858   d. 31 Aug 1908 (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1874 
    Family ID F23343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Beulah J. Dingman,   b. 22 Feb 1880   d. 8 Sep 1942 (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Paul D. Lester  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Unknown Male Lester,   b. 14 Oct 1902  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Howard Deforest Lester,   b. 23 Mar 1904  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F23487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Audrie V. Howett,   b. Nov 1889   d. Nov 1967 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1943  Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F23488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Claude DeLong Lester - November 8, 1877 - July 29, 1959. Military Service: Veteran of Company B, 9th Regiment Infantry during the Spanish American War. Son of Emory and Adeline Stevens Lester. Husband of Beulah J. Dingman Lester (married January 8, 1902) & Audrie Howlett Lester (married July 30, 1943.) [Note: Audrie Howlett Lester died November 21, 1967, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Orwell, New York.]
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, August 6, 1959 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Claude D. Lester Rites Saturday - The remains of Claude D. Lester, who died July 29 at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, will arrive in Pulaski Thursday evening and will be taken to the Foster Funeral Home. There will be calling hours Friday evening 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Church of Christ, Richland, Rev. Ray Williams officiating. Burial will be in Richland Cemetery.
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, August 13, 1959 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Last Rites for Claude D. Lester - Rites were held Saturday, August 8, in the Richland Church of Christ for Claude D. Lester, 81, of St. Petersburg, Florida, who died Wednesday, July 29, in the Bay Pines Hospital, Florida. Surviving are his wife, Audrie H. Lester; a son, Howard D. Lester, of Hempstead, New York; two granddaughters and several nieces and nephews. Born in Boylston, he lived for some time in Toledo, Ohio, and Pulaski. He moved from Pulaski to St. Petersburg in 1947 where he had since made his home. He was a retired conductor with the New York Central Railroad, having served them for 41 years in active train service. He was a member of the Joppa Lodge No. 397 of Toledo, Ohio. A veteran of the Spanish-American War and a member of General Leonard Wood Camp, No. 8, of St. Petersburg, he was a 60-year member of the I.O.O.F. of the Pulaski Lodge, No. 648, a member of the American Legion, Robert Edwards Post, No. 358 of Pulaski, and was affiliated with the Richland Church of Christ The arrangements were in the hands of the Wilhelm Funeral Home in St. Petersburg and the Foster Funeral Home in Pulaski