Lester D Heritage

Everyone knows someone unique-one of a kind. That truly was Lester. He grew up in the Swedesboro area when it was a series of farms. Went to school at the Little Red Schoolhouse that had no indoor plumbing or electricity and a pot belly stove for heat. He looked back fondly at those years and spun many poems with his recollections. Life was his adventure. If he got a lemon he made lemonade. He saw it all through rose colored glasses and stored it all for future poetry. Lester was musically inclined; he played the saxophone, clarinet as well as the trumpet. After graduating from Swedesboro High he married Verna Jess, his sweetheart. Along came WWII and he joined the Navy. When he was released from military duty he joined the ranks at DuPont Chambers Works. Vacations were a time to travel and along with Verna, who was wheelchair bound, they did the States and a much of Canada.rn As a young man, Lester was too shy to approach Verna, so she sent him a note to meet under a tree after a high school ceremony. He offered to walk her home; that stroll would lead to 58 years of marriage. They were blessed with a son, Stephen (Janet), a daughter, Kathleen (Ed) Troupe, grandchildren: Kristi Trigili, Laurie Conover, Robert Troupe, and Karen Griffith, and 5 great grandchildren.rn Come celebrate 93 special years Friday from 10AM at Daley Life Celebration Studio, Swedesboro. Service at 11AM. Burial to follow at Mickleton Friends Meeting House Cemetery, where Lester was a birthright member. Donations to Mickleton Friends c/o Walt Pierson, 892 Marian Rd., Woodbury, NJ 08096 will be appreciated. –