CASSVILLE—Lester W. “Les” Esser, age 86, of Cassville, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. 

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 19, at 11 a.m. at Martin Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Cassville with Father John Meinholz officiating. Burial with military honors was in St. Charles Cemetery, Cassville. A Lester W. Esser Memorial Fund has been established. Online condolences: www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com.

For complete obit see the Thursday, April 21, 2016 issue of the Grant County Herald Independent