Lester Roy Schilb

Family visitation was held 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Friday, June 10, 2005 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, Iowa.

Graveside Services were held 10:30 AM, Saturday, June 11, 2005 at Spencer Cemetery, NE of Stockport, IA. Rev. Keevin Koch will officiate.

Casketbearers were Steven Brown, Jr., Matthew Hammes, Jonathan Hammes, Eric Hammes, Nicholas Owens, Samuel Schilb and David White.

"O God, grant that I may live to fish until my dying day. And when that day comes and I make my last cast, I humbly pray that when I am in the Lord's safe landing net and I am peacefully asleep, He may judge ME big enough to keep!"

Memorials may be sent in lieu of flowers to 502 N."C" Street, Fairfield, IA 52556

Lester Roy Schilb was born December 23, 1935 in Des Moines County to Fred. R and Gladys L. (Boughton) Schilb. He died 6:39 AM, Thursday, June 9, 2005 at Jefferson County Hospital at the age of 69.

Lester was a longtime resident of Jefferson County. He was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Lester was employed by Vorhies Excavating for 20 years. He was also a truck driver for Hunsaker and Harwood Trucking and most recently as a security guard at Falco.

Survivors include his wife, Doris of Fairfield, IA, sons Steven of Olathe, KS and Jeffrey of Birmingham, IA, and daughters Glenda White of Fairfield, IA, Linda Hammes of Ottawa, KS and Roxie Brown of Burlington, IA. Lester had 12 grandchildren, Nicholas Owens, Wendy Schilb, Samuel Schilb, Leslie, Matthew, Jonathan, & Eric Hammes, David White, Steven Jr. and Angela Brown and 4 great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are sisters Hester Steele, Gloria Smith and Sue Wisener, all of Burlington, IA, and sister Dorothy Remeck of LaHarp, IL, and brothers Thomas Ertz of Sun City, AZ and Jack Wooldridge of Burlington, IA.

Preceding him in death were his parents and sisters, Esther Wooldridge and Rosemary Jones.

When I come to the end of the day and the sun has set for me, I want no rites in a gloom-filled room. Why cry for a soul set free? Miss me a little, but not too long and not with your head bowed low. Remember the love we once shared---Miss me, but let me go.

For, this is a journey we all must take and each must go alone. It's all a part of the Maker's plan, a step on the road Home. When you are lonely and sick at heart, go to the friends we know and bury your sorrows in doing good deeds---Miss me, but let me go.