Biesterfeld Family

Lester Biesterfeld

Lester Milton BiesterfeldAge: 88 years19252014

Name
Lester Milton Biesterfeld
Birth 10 Oct 1925 32 26
Death of a motherEdna Eda Mathilda Degner
25 Sep 1928 (Age 2 years)
Cause: Pulmonary IBC
Marriage of a parentHeinrich 'Henry' Herman Johann Louis BiesterfeldAda Otillia Wilhelmina KontzelmannView this family
18 Sep 1929 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterCarolee LaVonne Biesterfeld
07 Jan 1932 (Age 6 years)
Publication: Location: Wells Mirror Paper, Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: 08/02/2001 - page 5 - Carolee L. Stenzel
Publication: Location: Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: Stenzel, Carolee L. (Biesterfeld)
Publication: Location: http://people.mnhs.org/bci/;
Citation details: Biesterfeld, Carolee LaVonne - certid# 1932-07881
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa Brandt
07 Jan 1933 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHeinrich 'Henry' Otto Biesterfeld
27 Feb 1934 (Age 8 years)
Cause: Pernicious anemia
Birth of a half-sisterLaDonna Mavis Biesterfeld
09 Jan 1935 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterMyrtice Audrey Biesterfeld
28 Mar 1968 (Age 42 years)
Burial of a sisterMyrtice Audrey Biesterfeld
01 Apr 1968 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherHeinrich 'Henry' Herman Johann Louis Biesterfeld
10 Jan 1974 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Organic heart disease - Coronary aneurysm
Marriage of a half-siblingClifford 'Skip' Allen WhetstoneCarolee LaVonne BiesterfeldView this family
18 Mar 1980 (Age 54 years)
Death of a half-sisterCarolee LaVonne Biesterfeld
26 Jul 2001 (Age 75 years)
Cause: Complications of lung cancer
Publication: Location: Wells Mirror Paper, Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: 08/02/2001 - page 5 - Carolee L. Stenzel
Publication: Location: Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: Stenzel, Carolee L. (Biesterfeld)
Burial of a half-sisterCarolee LaVonne Biesterfeld
31 Jul 2001 (Age 75 years)
Publication: Location: Wells Mirror Paper, Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: 08/02/2001 - page 5 - Carolee L. Stenzel
Publication: Location: Wells, Minnesota;
Citation details: Stenzel, Carolee L. (Biesterfeld)
Death 04 Jan 2014 (Age 88 years)
Address: St. John’s Lutheran Community
Obituary Photo
From Obituary Published 9:28am Monday, January 6, 2014
06 Jan 2014 (2 days after death)

Burial 08 Jan 2014 (4 days after death)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 21 Sep 1920Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
7 months
elder sister
4 years
himself
Father’s family with Ada Otillia Wilhelmina Kontzelmann - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 18 Sep 1929Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Esther Clara Alvina Mohr - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Jean Mae Biesterfeld
half-sister
Joyce Elaine Biesterfeld
Family with Gertrude 'Ione' Ione Wegner - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Rebecca 'Becky' Sue Biesterfeld
daughter
Kristine Marie Biesterfeld
son
Leslie Grant Biesterfeld
son
Kurt Henry Biesterfeld

Note
Lester Biesterfeld, 88, Albert Lea Published 9:28am Monday, January 6, 2014 Funeral services for Lester Biesterfeld, 88, of Albert Lea will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Jeff Laeger-Hagemeister will officiate. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Wells. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com. Lester died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at St. John’s Lutheran Community. Lester Milton Biesterfeld was born on Oct. 10, 1925, to Henry Herman and Edna (Degner) Biesterfeld in Foster Township. Lester grew up and attended school in Wells. On Dec. 4, 1945, Lester was united in marriage to Ione Wegner at the Hartland Lutheran Church. Together they farmed for many years outside of Wells. Lester and Ione retired from farming in 1989 and moved to Albert Lea. Even though he was retired, Lester remained interested in farming and always enjoyed going for rides to check on crops and field work. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling, gardening, traveling, wintering in Arizona, family events and celebrating birthdays and holidays. Lester was a quiet, faithful man and will be missed by his family and friends greatly. Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Ione, of Albert Lea; daughters Rebecca (Paul) Strand of Merrill, Wis., and Kristine (Dean) Skalicky of Silver Bay; sons Leslie (Patty) Biesterfeld of Mankato and Kurt Biesterfeld of Albert Lea; grandchildren Kimberly (Jeremy) Akey, Kari Strand, Karen (John) Sidorowicz, Brittney (Josh) Wisted, Audra (Matthew) Carson, Ana Biesterfeld, Troy (Laura) Biesterfeld and Trisha Biesterfeld (fiancé Bob Iverson); great-grandchildren Connor and Natalie Akey, Hunter and Madden Sidorowicz, Matthew Skalicky, Naomi and Abigail Wisted, Jake Carson, Juddson Schmiesing and Lucy Biesterfeld; sisters LaDonna Brandt, Jean (William) Braun and Joyce (Bert) Salisbury; brother-in-law, Robert (Lois) Wegner; and sister-in-law, Mary Wegner. Lester was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Edna Biesterfeld; father and mother-in-law Gustav and Sophia Wegner; and sisters Myrtice Yost and Carolee Stenzel.
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