Lester Shell

DEXTER, Mo. -- The funeral for Lester C. Shell of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Wayne Dismuke will officiate. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery.

Shell, 82, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at Cypress Point Health Care.

He was born Aug. 25, 1920, at McGee, Mo., son of Noah Winchester and Martha Whitener Shell. He and Maxine Speer were married July 5, 1946, at Lutesville, Mo.

Shell retired as a cable repairman with Southwestern Bell. He was a member of Kenady-Hanks American Legion Post 59, and was formerly involved with Boy Scouts.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Survivors include his wife; a son, David Shell of Washington, Mo.; two daughters, Brenda Dowdy of Dexter, Angela Keirsey of Warrensburg, Mo.; a sister, Letty Bess of Advance, Mo.; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.