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Chester L. Tesson

1940 - 2022

Chester L. Tesson obituary, 1940-2022, Saint Louis, MO

BORN

1940

DIED

2022

Chester Tesson Obituary

Tesson, Chester L.

Baptized into the hope of Christ's Resurrection on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.

Beloved husband of Edith A. Tesson (nee: Gittemeier) for 64 years.

Dear father and father-in-law of Tamara (Lowell) Puhlmann, Linda (Dan) O'Hara, Glenda (Pete) Kuerschgen, Chester Tesson III, Tonya (John) Patterson, Chad (Suzanne) Tesson, Kara Tesson, Kyle (David Weder) Tesson. Dear grandfather of Brett A. Stone, Zachary (Amy) Stone and the late Drew A. Stone, Brandon Allen, JC Patterson, Rachel Patterson, Chad W. Tesson, Edie Rose Tesson and Ella Tesson. Dear brother of Esther (and the late Albert) Allen, Yvonne (Ron) Knobbe and the late Milton (June) Tesson and Lamar Tesson; great-grandfather of Brayden Paschall, Hunter Stone, Levi Stone and Wyatt Stone. Our dear uncle, great-uncle, cousin and friend to many.

Services: Visitation Tuesday, January 3, 9:00 a.m. until time of Mass 10:00 a.m. at St. Norbert Catholic Church, 16455 New Halls Ferry Rd. Florissant, MO 63031. (All at Church). In lieu of flowers, donations to Friends of Kids with Cancer, 16 Sunnen Dr. #161, St. Louis, MO 63143 appreciated. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Dec. 28, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023.

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Visitation

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

St. Norbert Catholic Church

16455 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO

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St. Norbert Catholic Church

16455 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO

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