Lester Elijah McFarland, Jr. of Highland County, Ohio, died October 3, 2020 at the age of 71. Lester E. (Butch) McFarland, Jr., was the beloved husband of Lee McFarland ( nee Fox), devoted father of Kimberly Creeden, Whitney A. McFarland, and Tiffany McFarland.
Their mother Susan McFarland also survives.
He was a loving Grandfather to Rachel, Grant, Evan, Adam and Anthony; brother to: Sondra Fisher,( deceased), Faye Caldwell, and Sherry Hartz.
He was the son of Lester Elijah McFarland, Sr. and Sally Gracie McFarland ( nee Mclean).
Lester was a southern gentleman who grew up in the south, in Opelika, Alabama, in a small community called Pepperell Village.
Lester went to school at the first, and then second, Pepperell schools. Lester was baptized at Pepperell Baptist.
He was a paperboy in this village.
Lester graduated with bachelors degrees, from Auburn University, in education and business.
Lester had a great interest in WWII history. His father, Lester, Sr., served in this war, on a LST-325.
Lester has served, as an engineering volunteer, on the LST-325, in Indiana, that tours in our area.
Lester also was a wonderful engraver and gunsmith. His favorite gun was the Mauser.
A memorial for the family will be held, post covid, in Alabama, at a lake Lester loved, per his wishes.
Lester would have loved, that any donations, on his behalf, in his memory, to be made to the LST-325, in Indiana.
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