St. Clair County Obits

ESTELLE FRANCES COOK LESMEISTER

Clinton Daily Democrat
 5 January 2000
Estelle Frances Cook Lesmeister, 80, died December 18, 1999 at the Westwood Nursing Center, Clinton. She was born near Germantown on November 25, 1919, the daughter of Tony B. Cook and Elizabeth (Teeman) Cook. She attended Maple Grove Grade School at Germantown. On April 15, 1941, at St. Ludger's Church in Germantown, she was united in marriage to Richard Lesmeister. To this union two sons and three daughters were born. Estelle lived most of her life on a farm near Montrose. In November 1978 she and her husband moved to Clinton. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church and their Altar Society. She was a devoted mother who loved and enjoyed very much her family and gardening. She is survived by two sons, Dale Lesmeister and Anthony Lesmeister and wife, Marylin, Montrose; two daughters, Alvina Allis and husband, James, Clinton, and Aletta S. Waters and husband, Fred, Appleton City; one sister, Pauline Goth of Montrose; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; many nieces, nephews and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard, and daughter, Martha James. Funeral mass was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 21, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Clinton. Father Tom Hermes and Father Philip Watanabe officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Montrose. Memorial contributions went to the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Sickman & Dunning Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.