Lester Edward Schott
1906 - 1996 (90 years)-
Name Lester Edward Schott Born 5 Mar 1906 Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas, USA Gender Male Died 24 Jun 1996 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA Buried 27 Jun 1996 Galveston Memorial Park - Hitchcock, Texas, USA Person ID I1025 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 19 Jun 2021
Family Lily Margaret LeBlanc, b. 15 Jul 1911, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 8 Apr 2003, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA (Age 91 years) Last Modified 1 Apr 2015 Family ID F403 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - 5 Mar 1906 - Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas, USA Died - 24 Jun 1996 - Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA Buried - 27 Jun 1996 - Galveston Memorial Park - Hitchcock, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set
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Published in The Galveston Daily News on June 26, 1996Birth Certificate for Lester Edward Schott
Name: Lester Edward Schott
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1906
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Precinct 8, Lavaca, Texas, USA
Father: Fredrick V. Schott
Father Birth Place: Oakland, Texas
Mother: Anna Acelia Mertz
Mother Birth Place: Hallettsville, Texas
Mother Residence: Oakland, Lavaca, Texas, USAU.S. World War II Draft Card - Lester Edward Schott
Name: Lester Edward Schott
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 34
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1906
Birth Place: Oakland, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
Employer: W. L. Moody & Co.
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: Mrs. Minnie W. McCance
Headstones Headstone of Lester Edward Schott
Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery - Hitchcock, Texas, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
GALVESTON - Mr. Lester Edward Schott, age 90, expired at his house on June 24, 1996. Mr. Schott was born in Halletsville, Texas, on March 5, 1906, moved to Galveston in 1927, and worked for the W.L. Moody Bank. After 45 years, he retired, still young at the age of 65. Lester's former employers talked him out of retirement. He worked another seven and one half years for Moody National Bank.
Lester was preceded in death by his parents, Anna and Frederick; two brothers, Melvin and Carl; and two sisters, Josephine Booth and Anne Burns.
He is survived by his wife Lily; one son, James and his wife Sharon of Texas City; one daughter, Mildred and her husband Raymond Zorn of Galveston; two grandchildren, David of Springfield, Virginia, and Daniel Zorn of Conroe.
Lester and Lily have twelve grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. His step-children are Patsy Mount and her husband Jerry of Galveston; Albert Choate and wife Janet of Galveston; Barbara Gaddis and her husband Bob of Fort Worth; and Otto Yelton of Houston.
Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at J. Levy & Bro. Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 27, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church; with Pastor David Hoh officiating. Interment will follow at Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock.
Pallbearers will be Dinty Stevens, Don Stevens, Leo Chide, Mike Schott, Joe Neely, Robert Gaddis and John Gaddis. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Burgess, Douglas Lee, Walter Burns and Douglas McLeod.
Mr. Schott's family would like to thank Dr. Jamie Newman and Dr. Jerry Mount for their care and concern.
(Published in The Galveston Daily News on June 26, 1996)
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