LESTER V. OBERHEU was born May 31, 1929 at Tripoli, Iowa, the son of William and Martha (Bockhaus) Oberheu. He married Leota Jacobson on May 6, 1956 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Lester served in the United States Army during the Korean War and worked for the City of Waterloo Pollution Department before retirement. He died Saturday, October 25, 2003, at Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Waterloo, Iowa, at the age of 74 years.
Lester is survived by his wife, Leota Oberheu, of Waterloo; three sons, Myron (Nelda) Oberheu of San Antonio, Texas, Larry Oberheu of Waterloo and Myron (Michele) Oberheu of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three daughters, Roberta (Marc) Monter, Sharon Bauler and Joyce (Shane) Pietan, all of Waterloo; sixteen grandchildren and one great grandson; and two brothers, Harold (Esther) Oberheu of Fredericka, Iowa and David (Lois) Oberheu of Waterloo.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Edgar Oberheu and a brother in infancy.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at Pilgrim Lutheran Church with burial at Garden of Memories, both in Waterloo. Memorials may be directed to the church or Cedar Valley Hospice.