Notes for Lester Dodds OVERACKER
Source: LDS, Social Security Death Index for date and place of death.
source: 1900 Federal Census for NY State, Town of Gouveneur, St Lawrence Co.
see notes of Herbert Overocker for details of census.
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - October 27, 1988
Deceased Name: LESTER D. OVERACKER, RETIRED FARMER, DIES
Lester D. Overacker, 91, formerly of Willow Street, retired lifelong dairy farmer, died Wednesday morning at the United Helpers Nursing Home, Canton, where he had been a patient since August 1982.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Overacker home on Willow Street, with Rev. William Masters officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Friday afternoon and evening at the home. Contributions may be made to the United Church of Richville or the Richville Volunteer Fire Department.
Arrangements are with the Green Funeral Home, Gouverneur.
Surviving are two sisters, Gertrude Overacker, Richville, and Nellie Best, Canton; and three nieces, Elaine Christmas, York, Pa., Gretchen Ritchie, Hudson Falls, and Ann Real, Rome.
Two sisters, Edna Reese and Mabel Williams, died previously.
Born in the Town of Gouverneur on May 15, 1897, a son of Herbert and Alberta Dodds Overacker, he attended Richville schools.
He married Vivian L. Johnson March 14, 1918, at his parent's home in Richville. Mrs. Overacker, a native of Richville, died Jan. 27, 1971, at age 73.
Mr. Overacker was a dairy farmer all his life, having owned and operated several farms in the Richville area until his retirement in 1970.
Active in his community, he was a former deacon of the United Church of Richville and a former member of the Richville Masonic Lodge and Richville Grange.
OVERACKER - At United Helpers Nursing Home, Canton, Oct. 26, 1988, Lester D. Overacker, 91, formerly of Willow Street, Richville, retired lifelong dairy farmer. Funeral, Saturday, 1 p.m., Overacker home, Willow Street, Richville. Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, Richville. Arrangements with Green Funeral Home, Gouverneur.
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