St. Clair County Obits

BILL CHESTER CLESSON

St. Clair County Courier
7 September 2007
Bill Chester "Billie" Clesson, 66, formerly of Litchfield, passed away Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007, at his home in Taylorville. He was 66 years old. He was born in Litchfield, a son of Chester Irving and Annie Mildred Sevier Clesson. He maried Irma Jean Riemenschneider on April 30, 1962, in Litchfield and she preceded him on Oct. 2, 2000.
An Army veteran, he served during peace time. Over the years, he worked for Brown Shoe Company and Wepco, both in Litchfield, as a carpenter's helper and in construction jobs. After moving to Taylorville, he worked for Continental Grain Company and at the Georgia Pacific Paper Mill. He also worked as a security guard. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Taylorville.
Surviving are a daughter, Lois Lechner and her husband, Sam, Taylorville; sisters, Ann Boyd and her husband, Dale, Rome, Ga., Mary Colins and her husband, Robert, Lowry City, Betty Brimberry and her husband, Edwin, Benld, and Barbara Howard and her husband, Ernie, Gillespie.
Preceding him in death, besides his wife, was a brother, David Clesson.
Services for Bill were Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, in Plummer Funeral Home with the Reverend Rodney Blomquist, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church of Taylorville, officiating.
Burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery, under the direction of Plummer Funeral Home.
The family suggests memorial tributes be directed to the Litchfield Veterans Memorial Garden Fund.