MOFFFIT, Lester B.
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Williamsport, Ind. (CNS)— Graveside rites will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Highland Cemetery for Lester B. Moffit, 63, of Anaheim, Calif. He died July 2, 1966 at Fullerton, Calif., following a six month illness. His body was cremated there. The Rev. Clyde Beckner will officiate. The Crowmer & Siddens Funeral Home will be in charge. Born Aug. 31, 1902, in Judyville, Ind., he was the son of John E. and Sylvia Brier Moffit. He was married to Ethel Waltz, who survives. Mr. Moffit had been a citrus rancher in California for 36 years. He had served as secretary of the Interior Oil Co. at Long Beach for 10 years and secretary of the Cyprus Magnolia Farm Bureau Center for five years. Other survivors include a brother-in-law, Charles V. Waltz of Williamsport. --typed by Walt W