Lester V. Fleming, 90, died at 3:30 pm Sept 13, 2009, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
He was born March 2, 1919, in Allen County to John W. and Bertha Binkley Fleming, who preceded him in death. On June 8, 1940, he married Evelyn E. Wright, who survives in Lafayette.
Mr. Fleming was a dairy farmer. He was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Ada. He was a 1937 graduate of Lafayette-Jackson High School. He had served as a Jackson Township trustee for 28 years and as a trustee for United Rural Electric/Mid Ohio Energy for 19 years. He has served as president of the Allen County Farm Bureau and as a manager of the milk tent at the Allen County Fair. He was on the county committee for the Allen County ASCS and a member of the Allen County Dairy Service Unit. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include three sons, Thomas J. (Sharon) Fleming of Harrod, Daniel (Linda), of Bluffton, and John L. (Deb) Fleming, of Lafayette; two daughters, Martha (Kenneth) Fitzpatrick, of Springfield, VA., Joan Fleming , of Lima; a daughter-in-law, Jane (Ken) Madden, of Sidney; four sisters, Elsie Rader, of Lima, Betty Hawk, of Lafayette, Gladys Wagner, of Findlay and Laura Jean (Dan) Holyoak, of Moab, Utah, and nine grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 10 step great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David Fleming; four sisters, Mabel Fleming, Dorothy Lambert, Helen Fleming and Edith Stager; and five brothers, Walter, Guy, Ralph, Clarence and Gerald Fleming.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Ada. Pastor David Coffin will officiate. Burial will be in Desenberg Cemetery, Harrod.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made St. Mark Lutheran Church, 125 S. Johnson St., Ada, OH 45810.
Condolences may be sent to hansonneely@wcoil.com.