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IN LOVING MEMORY OF J. Chester Bengston
J. Chester
Bengston
July 10, 1923 – August 9, 2007
J. Chester Bengston's Obituary
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - J. Chester "Chet" Bengston, 84, died Aug. 9, 2007, at Hospice House.
He was born July 10, 1923, in rural Windom, the son of John William and Hildur Caroline Elkholm Bengston. A longtime rural Inman resident, he was a retired farmer.
He belonged to Andover Lutheran Church, rural Windom, serving as a trustee.
On June 5, 1955, he married Treva Carol Lewis in rural Windom. She died May 29, 2002.
Survivors include: two daughters, Julie Bernard and husband, Danny, South Hutchinson, and Anne Bothwell, Hutchinson; four brothers, Everet and Willard, both of Windom, and Arvid and Virgul, both of McPherson; a sister, Gloria Plooster, McPherson; and four grandchildren, Nichelle and Jonathan Bernard, and Courtney and Will Bothwell.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Carolyn Hannah.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Andover Lutheran Church, rural Windom. The casket will remain closed at the church, with Pastor Tom Hollowell presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday through Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Andover Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to the Andover Lutheran Church, or the Hospice House Garden Project, both in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
He was born July 10, 1923, in rural Windom, the son of John William and Hildur Caroline Elkholm Bengston. A longtime rural Inman resident, he was a retired farmer.
He belonged to Andover Lutheran Church, rural Windom, serving as a trustee.
On June 5, 1955, he married Treva Carol Lewis in rural Windom. She died May 29, 2002.
Survivors include: two daughters, Julie Bernard and husband, Danny, South Hutchinson, and Anne Bothwell, Hutchinson; four brothers, Everet and Willard, both of Windom, and Arvid and Virgul, both of McPherson; a sister, Gloria Plooster, McPherson; and four grandchildren, Nichelle and Jonathan Bernard, and Courtney and Will Bothwell.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Carolyn Hannah.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Andover Lutheran Church, rural Windom. The casket will remain closed at the church, with Pastor Tom Hollowell presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday through Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Andover Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to the Andover Lutheran Church, or the Hospice House Garden Project, both in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
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