Ruth Lester Obituary

Ruth Webb Lester, 91, passed from this life on Wednesday afternoon at Westminster Village North in Indianapolis. She was born Feb. 16, 1931 in Mace, Indiana, and was the daughter of Howard Webb and Helen French Webb.  She graduated from New Market HS in 1949.  She married James “Jim” Lester on Nov. 10, 1950.  Following retirement, they wintered in Venice, Florida for many years. 

Ruth enjoyed many home enrichment activities such as sewing, gardening, canning and freezing vegetables, and made awesome homemade noodles, pies and jelly.  She worked many years for Elston Bank, taking time off to raise her family. Ruth loved playing saxophone in the Montgomery County Civic Band. Attending activities of her children and grandchildren was her delight, as was bowling and playing euchre with her friends.  She was a long-time active member of Woodland Heights Christian Church. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jim; brother, Tom Webb; and infant daughter, Paula Lynn.

Surviving family includes: daughter, Carol Lester Andersen (John) of Indianapolis, sons, Chris and Aren; daughter, Janet Lester Kean (Michael) of Cincinnati, daughter, Lauren; son, John Lester (Rebecca) of Clarksville, Arkansas, daughters and son Samantha (Arun) Kumar, Madison (Will) Twenter, Dana and Adam, four great-grandchildren, Maya, Cameron, Grace and Myles, and Rebecca’s children, Vada and Shane; she also has two sisters, Nancy Pierson (Bob) of New York and Martha Boone (Tom) of Crawfordsville.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Wednesday, July 27th at Burkhart Funeral Home.  Services will be held at 10:30 AM Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Steve Wilke officiating. Masks optional. The service will be live streamed at https://www.facebook.com/burkhartfuneralhome/.  Burial will follow at Indian Creek Hill Cemetery.

The family would like to gratefully acknowledge the staff at Westminster Village North for the exceptional care given to Ruth in her final years.  Donations in memory of Ruth Lester may be made to the Montgomery County Civic Band, attn Gary Ketchum, P.O. Box 719, Crawfordsville, IN 47933.