Lester A. Border |
| Posted 2009-06-17 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Lester A. Border Born in Decatur, Illinois on Jan. 3, 1913. Departed on April 27, 2006 and resided in Cottonwood, Arizona. Lester A. Border, 93, resident of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2006. He was born on January 3, 1913 in Decatur, Illinois to John and Nellie Border. Lester graduated from Columbia Academy, located in Vancouver, Washington in 1935, and then attended Walla Walla College in College Place, Washington. Lester married Geraldine Poole on June 6, 1939 in College Place, Washington. During World War II, Lester worked as a Journeyman Machinist in the Bremerton Navy Yard. Combining his skills as a Journeyman Machinist with his experience and training in power plant operations, along with his natural ability to understand how machines and engines work, Lester became a skilled operator of power plants and maintenance engineering in large institutions. Lester headed up the Plant Services at Washington Adventist Hospital in Tacoma Place, Maryland, Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver, Colorado and Walla Walla College in College Place, Washington. Following his retirement from Walla Walla College he served in plant services at Sydney Adventist Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Lester and his wife, Geraldine have traveled extensively and have volunteered for many Maranatha Mission projects. Lester was a member of the American Hospital Association as a charter member of the Department for Hospital Engineers. He was licensed as a Steam Engineer, as well as, a Professional Locksmith. He was also a member of the Cottonwood Seventh-day Adventist Church. Lester is preceded in death by his parents and his son, Lewis Border, who passed away in 1974. He leaves behind his wife of 66 years, Geraldine Border, who lives in Cottonwood, Ariz.; daughter, Sylvia Grindley, husband, Jim, Cottonwood, Ariz.; his grandson, Robert Gates, Chattanooga, Tenn., wife, Julie and their two sons, Robin and Jamie; granddaughter, Suzanne Tasker, husband, Duane, Hawaii and daughter, Emily Compton, his brother, Homer, Milton Freewater, Or. and his sister, Geneva Haynes, Livermore, Calif. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 4:00pm at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 51 W. Mingus Ave., in Cottonwood, corner of Mingus and Willard. Memorial gifts may be made "In Memory of Lester Border" and made payable to: ADRA (Adventist Disaster Relief Association), ADRA International, 12501 Old Columbia, Silver Springs, Maryland, 20904. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com Westcott Funeral Home, Cottonwood and Camp Verde, Arizona. |
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