Wilbert F. Lett

WILBERT LETT WILTON, Iowa - Wilbert F. Lett, 84, Wilton, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Wilton. The Rev. Wayne Fredericksen is officiating. Musical selections are provided by organist James Batchelor. Pallbearers are Tom Moeller, Jim Moeller, Dale Hein, Steve Greene, Bob Thede, and Mark Thede. Honorary Pallbearers are Shane Greene, Staci Greene, and Corby Greene. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton, where American Legion Post No. 584 will conduct military honors. Visitation is 4-7 p.m., Sunday, at Bentley Funeral Homes in Wilton and Monday one hour prior to services at the church. A memorial has been established. Mr. Lett was born on July 14, 1918 in Bennett, the son of Harry and Anna Reinking Lett. He married Violet I. Sidler on June 2, 1946 in Waterloo. She preceded him in death on Sept. 15, 1995. He later married Catherine Sessler on May 20, 1998, in Wilton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving U.S. Army from 1942-1945 in the Philippines, Okinawa and Leyte. He farmed in Cedar County retiring in 1982. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Wilton A...[more]

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ican Legion Post No. 584 and the Muscatine Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Catherine of Wilton; one daughter, Gloria Greene of Wilton; two sons, Roger and his wife Jeanie Lett, Dennis Lett, both of Wilton; one stepdaughter, Becky Berry of Michigan; one stepson, David and wife Lou Ellen Riggs of Pennsylvania; one sister, Arlene "Mrs. Lloyd" Hein of Tipton two brothers, Donald and his wife Joyce Lett of Wapello and Edwin and his wife Betty Lett of Tipton. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Norma; and one brother, Ellwood.