Chester Klein

KLEIN, Chester C., age 55, of Howell, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at home. Funeral Services will be 10AM Monday, January 21, 2008 at Sharp Funeral Homes, Fenton Chapel, 1000 Silver Lake Rd., Fenton. Chaplain Tim officiating. Interment at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly. Visitation will be Sunday 2-8PM and Monday 8AM until time of service at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to Arbor Hospice and Great Lakes National Cemetery. Chester was born January 8, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of James and Erna (Vest) Klein. He married Deborah Halfacre in Howell in 1999. Chester was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in Vietnam and had been employed by Gurhring Inc. He enjoyed keeping busy by working with wood and sheet metal creating all sorts of things, and was intrigued by the game cube. Surviving are his wife, Deborah of Howell; 5 children, D.J. Desnoyers (Jenny) of Brighton, Jean Worthington (Todd) of Fowlerville, Sonya Lesser (Don) of Germany, Lisa Desnoyers (Jason) of Howell, Scott Klein (Allison) of Howell; 7 grandchildren, Tabitha, Morgan, Zachary, Matthew, Faith, Mikey, Reanna; mother, Erna Piotraschke of Missouri; sister, Connie Funkhouser (Bill) of Missouri. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jean and brother, James. Online condolences and tributes may be posted on the obituaries page of www.sharpfuneralhomes.com