Betty L. Chester

Betty Lorraine Kuehl Chester, 80, a resident of Buffalo, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at her daughter’s home after a courageous battle cancer.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 20, 2004 at Calvary Lutheran Church, Buffalo. Betty’s wishes were to be cremated with no visitation. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo. Memorials may be made to the Buffalo Volunteer Ambulance Service or the Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department. McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home, Bettendorf, Iowa is assisting the family with arrangements.
Betty was born on July 4, 1924 in Hills, Iowa, the daughter of Aaron & Nellie (Stimmel) Lake. She married Raymond Kuehl on June 6, 1942 in Davenport, Iowa. She later married Max Chester on September 18, 1989 in Mountain View, Arkansas.
Betty was a homemaker most of her life and she loved to play Bingo and watch the Chicago Cubs baseball games.
Survivors include her son, Dennis Kuehl & his wife Lora of Davenport; her daughter with whom she resided, Debbie Wilson & her husband, James-a very special son-in-law, her daughters, Carol Bernauer & her husband, Kenneth and Karen Bernauer & her husband, James, all of Buffalo; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; her brother, Aaron Lloyd Lake & his wife, Virginia of Davenport; her sister, Marjorie Collier of Davenport and her sister, Dorothy Hanson & her husband, Harold of Rock Island, Illinois;
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Beverly, a grandson, Danny Ray Bernauer and a grandson-in-law, Richard Nissen.
A special thank you to June Wilson, for being here when we needed you and thank you to all the VNA and Hospice nurses and aides for their care.