----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 1/ /1973

WILLIAM C. KUESTER (1892 - 1973)

Greenwood - William C. Kuester, 80, a lifelong resident of the Greenwood area, Clark County, died of a heart attack at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 1973.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood, with burial in Greenwood cemetery. The Rev. David Logue, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ in Greenwood, will officiate. Visitations may be made at the Hill Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon until time of services.

Mr. Kuester was born on Dec. 15, 1892, in the town of Warner in Greenwood, and was married on May 7, 1914, to Emma Goeke at the Goeke home. His wife survives him.

After marriage they farmed northwest of Greenwood until 1939, when they built the Parkway Club, one mile north of Greenwood, which they operated until 1959, when they retired and moved to the city of Greenwood. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday May 10, 1964.

Survivors include two daughters, Miss Loretta Kuester, at home, and Mrs. Douglas (Eldora) Luther of Merrill; two sons, Lawrence Kuester of St. Louis, Mo.; and Leon Kuester of Greenwood; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Dill of Greenwood; one brother, Norbert Kuester of Greenwood; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

One brother, Henry Kuester and one sister, Ella Fravert, preceded him in death.