Chester Michael Spohn, age 92, of Herman, peacefully passed away Thursday afternoon, March 15, at Good Samaritan Hospice in Cabot.
Born November 25, 1925 in Butler, he was a son of the late Alfred and Mary Marra Spohn. He graduated from Butler High School with his senior year interrupted by being drafted into the U.S. Navy and serving aboard the LSM 301. Chester served in the U.S. Navy in both World War II and the Korean Conflict.
He retired in 1977 from Butler Armco, where he was employed for 33 years as a machinist.
Chester married the “girl next door”. He kept a large garden and loved mowing and keeping things well maintained. He was a hard-working individual who in his younger active years loved hunting coon and deer. He thoroughly enjoyed history and sharing family stories with his family and grandchildren.
He was a lifelong member of Saint Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Herman. He formerly belonged to VFW Post 249 of Butler and to the Herman Volunteer Fire Company.
He is survived by his wife, Verna Stewart Spohn, whom he married February 26, 1949; two children, Chester Spohn II and his wife, Janice, of Butler, and Linda Green and her husband, Thomas, of Butler; two brothers, Joseph Spohn and his wife, Mary Ann, of Kansas City, KS, and Michael Spohn and his wife, Elizabeth, of Cabot; and three sisters, Genevieve Moore, of Butler, Camilla Adams, of Butler, and Mary Lou Bollinger, of Butler.
He is also survived by three grandchildren, Chester Spohn III, Lisa Foley, and Amanda Green; and five great-grandchildren, Delaney Hyde, Chester Spohn IV, Anaya Spohn, Silas Spohn, and Victoria Foley.
Chester was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard Spohn and Alfred Spohn, Jr.
Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 429 Center Avenue, Butler, on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 11:00 AM from Saint Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, 821 Herman Road, Herman.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Food Cupboard and Outreach programs of St. Mary’s Church.
Military Honors will be accorded at the church by V.F.W. Post 249, American Legion Post 117, and American Legion Post 778.
Burial will take place in Saint Mary’s Cemetery.
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