Lester
A. Galbraith, age 91, of Friendship, Wisconsin died
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at the Moundview Memorial
Hospital & Clinics in Friendship, Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 21,
2007 at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship,
Wisconsin. Rev. Richard Church will officiate. Interment
will be at the Mt. Repose Cemetery, Friendship, Wisconsin.
Military rites will be offered at the graveside service by
the Adams VFW Post #6279; the Adams American Legion Red
Cloud Post #250; and the Grand Marsh American Legion
Snyder-Richardson Post #273.
Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until the time
of service at the funeral home.
Lester was born June 20, 1915 in Friendship, Wisconsin to
Delvin and Mae (Englebretson) Galbraith. He graduated from
Adams-Friendship High School in 1933. Lester married Dorothy
Dehmlow on June 8, 1940 in Pleasant Prairie, Iowa. He served
in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific Theater of War. After
the war, Lester graduated from MATC in Milwaukee, and
returned to Friendship where he worked as a barber for many
years. He later worked at the Friendship Post Office until
retirement.
Lester enjoyed bowling and golfing.
Lester was a member of the Adams VFW Post #6279 and the
American Legion Red Cloud Post #250.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Delvin and Mae
Galbraith and his son, John Galbraith.
Lester is
survived by:
Wife
Dorothy Galbraith of Friendship, Wisconsin
