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Lester Xavier SHA

Male 1917 - 2004  (87 years)


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  • Name Lester Xavier SHA 
    Birth 10 Feb 1917  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Nov 2004  Denton, Denton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • last residence
    Burial Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Not listed in the 1920 census.

      An obit:

      Lester Xavier Sha, 87, Denton, formerly Breckenridge, Minn., died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, in Denton Senior Care Center.

      Mr. Sha was born Feb. 10, 1917, in Fergus Falls, Minn. He moved with his parents to Valley City, N.D., where he grew up. In 1935, he moved to a farm near Foxhome, Minn. In 1941, he joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II. Following his military discharge, he moved to Breckenridge. On Aug. 21, 1946, he married Della Fuder. They lived in Breckenridge, where he worked for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. In 1973, they moved to Fergus Falls, where he continue to work for the MnDOT. He retired in 1979. In 1983, they moved back to Breckenridge. She died in 1985. In 1998, he moved to Denton.

      He is survived by two sons, Dennis (Linda), Denton, Wayne (Linda), The Colony, Texas; a brother, Tom, Rodeo, Calif.; a sister, Marian Ellingson, Fargo; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

      Visitation: Today from 5 to 7 in Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge.

      Funeral: Wednesday at 10 in the funeral home.

      Burial: Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls.
       
    Person ID I13219  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2012 

    Father John Thomas SHA,   b. 20 Feb 1895, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1990, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Jenny Constance OSTLUND,   b. 20 Apr 1896, Hamar, Hedmark, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1978, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1914 
    Family ID F6803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Della Doris FUDER,   b. 21 Aug 1924   d. 18 Sep 1985, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Wayne Allen SHA,   b. 26 Nov 1949, Wilkin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 2011, Denton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F9877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart