Lester Calloway Hunt

Lester Calloway Hunt, Jr., father, grandfather, and son of Lester C. Hunt, Sr., governor and senator from Wyoming, died on January 6, 2020 at the age of 92 in his beloved Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Jean Hunt for 58 years before her death in February 2017. As a child of the Great Depression and the son of a New Deal governor and senator, Lester spent his adult life advocating for the rights of working people. He started his career as a community organizer for Saul Alinsky and then became a community college professor teaching labor history to working class students in night school. In later years, he volunteered as a companion to people with AIDS, as a life choice advocate for the Hemlock Society, and as a listener for the Samaritan Suicide Hotline. Lester's two daughters and granddaughters will miss his humor and his perceptive observations about human nature. Some of his most memorable comments were: "You can always adjust up." "Every child needs to have two parents because playing one parent off the other is the most valuable life skill a child can learn." "It's better to die standing than live on your knees." The family asks that in memory of dad you can make a donation to the cause of your choice or to the Hearing Loss Association of America. (https://www.hearingloss.org/make-an-impact/donate/)