Lester Leo Flier

Jody Hane2021-04-11T15:09:04-05:00

Name: Lester Leo Flier
Location of Birth: Ringsted, Iowa
Date of Birth: July 9, 1913
Date of Death: April 6, 1990 (76 years old)
Parents: John Flier and Eda (Loewenberg) Flier
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Highest Rank: Tec 4 (Technical 4)
Branch: Army
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Lester served in the Army in Europe during WWII.

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World War II

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Civilian Life:
Lester moved to Goodland, Minnesota in 1949 where he farmed and worked for Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Company. He retired in 1971.

Lester was a member of Goodland Presbyterian Church, the Goodland American Legion, and the Pengilly Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Pengilly, Minnesota.

He is survived by his wife, Bernadine; three sons, John, James, and Thomas; two daughters, Sandra Grezek and Judy Nordby; three sisters, Florence Guerdet, Pearl Burt, and Irene Taylor; and sixteen grandchildren.

Lester died at Itasca Medical Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Goodland, Minnesota.

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