- Chester W. Sherwood
Muscatine Journal (IA) | 29 May 2012
Services: 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 1, First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. Interment: Durant Cemetery with Graveside military honors conduced by the Wilton American Legion. Visitation: 5-7 p.m., Thursday, May 31, Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton with additional visitation one hour prior to the service, at the church.
Online condolences: www.bentleyfuneralhome.com
WEST LIBERTY, Iowa-Chester W. Sherwood, 96, of West Liberty, formerly of Wilton, died Monday, May 28, 2012, at Simpson Memorial Home where he was a resident.
He was born Sept. 15, 1915, to William and Effie (Adams) Sherwood in Cedar Bluffs.
He proudly served with the Seabees in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
He married Marvella M. Mayerhofer on April 20, 1946, in Davenport.
He farmed in Sugar Creek Township, Cedar County, his entire life.
He was a member of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church and the Wilton American Legion Post number 584 and a life member of the Seabee's Island X-2 S.V.A., Davenport.
He is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife Marvella a resident of Simpson Memorial Home, son Harry (Diane) Sherwood, Wilton, daughter Linda Carstensen, Davenport, grandchildren, Kimberly Lebeck, Coralville, Zachary Carstensen, Seattle, Wash., Ryan Carstensen, Davenport, and great granddaughter Camille Lebeck.
His parents, sister Valedia Atkins and brother Robert Sherwood, preceded him in death.
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