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Note: He laughed a lot. He was not large or tall, but his character made him seem so. Chester and his family had a farmhouse on the edge of Buckley where their three children were born, and after their children were married and moved away, he and his son Jerry and grandson David tore down the old family homestead and built a new brick home.
He inherited from Dutch background in terms of being neat and careful. Chester especially disliked the large, dirty cities, and after visiting Chicago to pay respects at a family cemetery plot, he was appalled at the closeness of the graves, the jumble of buildings and crowded conditions. He taught his family good humor, humility, and accepting the responsibilities given. Within a few months after the death of his beloved wife of 58 years, Pauline, he was gone. He died Feb. 13, 1973 at a nursing home in Paxton, Illinois.
Note: BIOGRAPHY: Chester played the fiddle, with wonderful lilting music.
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