from the July 31, 1996 of The Country Chronicle<\/p>\n
Canaan, NH–Charles H.\u00a0 Lester, 81, died at his home in Canaan Sunday, July 21, 1996.\u00a0 He was born in Weston, VT July 19, 1915 the son of the late Charles Felix & Flora Jane (Bolster) Lester and had been a resident of Canaan since 1945.\u00a0 He retired as a salesman for Sanel Auto Paris.\u00a0 He was an active member of the Canaan United Methodist Church.\u00a0 In the last year he received his 50 year pin as a member of the Social Summit Lodge #50.\u00a0 He loved guns and was a long time member of the National Rifle Association (NRA).\u00a0 He was a strong supporter of the Mascoma Senior Center and their Meals On Wheels Program.<\/p>\n
There were no calling hours.\u00a0 A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n
Memorial contributions may be made to:\u00a0 The Mascoma Senior Center Meals On Wheels Program, Canaan, NH 03741.<\/p>\n
Arrangements are under the direction of the Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon, NH.<\/p>\n
Survivors include:\u00a0 Sons:\u00a0 Charles Russell Lester, Canaan, NH and Neal Dustin Lester, Concord, NH; a daughter, Sheryl Ann Austin, Canaan, NH; 9 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.\u00a0 He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth (Knuckey) Lester, who died in 1993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
from the July 31, 1996 of The Country Chronicle Canaan, NH–Charles H.\u00a0 Lester, 81, died at his home in Canaan Sunday, July 21, 1996.\u00a0 He was born in Weston, VT July 19, 1915 the son of the late Charles Felix & Flora Jane (Bolster) Lester and had been a resident of Canaan since 1945.\u00a0 He … Continue reading Charles H. Lester<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,191],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canaan","tag-lester"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canaanlibrary.org\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}