Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brighton Township. Pastor David Linn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Brighton Township. Please join the family for fellowship at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm after the burial.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2022, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes-NORTH chapel in New Ulm. Visitation will continue from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brighton Township.

To leave an online condolence for the family, or to sign the guestbook, please visit: www.mvfh.org.

Lester is survived by his daughters, Karen (Paul) Seykora of rural Lake Crystal, Susan (Charles) Hoffman of rural Lafayette; son, Allen (Dawn) Oswald of rural Lafayette; grandchildren, Kelsie Seykora, Garret Seykora, Amanda Seykora, Andrew (Megan) Hoffman, Kyle (Mackenzie) Hoffman, Nathan Oswald, LeighAnn (Alec) Veit and Megan (Tyler) Marquardt; great-grandchildren Connor, Evan, Isobella, Jaxson, Addison, Ainsley, Leo, Jacob, Madilynn, Westin, Colson, Carter and Liam; sisters-in-law, Arleen Oswald, Vivian (Drex) Drexler, Joanne (Roger) Hulke, and Arlene Nash; and many nieces and nephews.

Lester Alvin Frederick Oswald was born Sept. 29, 1937, to Alvin and Marie (nee Martens) Oswald. He was baptized, confirmed and a lifelong member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural New Ulm. He attended District 43 school in rural Lafayette and then high school at District 88 in New Ulm. He was in the Army from 1959-65. He was united in marriage to Corinne Voges on Dec. 9, 1961, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Courtland. They were blessed with three children. Lester farmed his entire life, starting as a youth, then farming side-by-side with Corinne, his son and grandson.

Lester and Corinne enjoyed spending time with family and friends on many fishing trips in the upper Midwest and Canada. In the evenings, he liked to play cards, teaching his children and grandchildren his favorite games. For over 40 years, Lester went on an annual hunting trip with a group of friends and family (the dirty dozen) in Wyoming. He enjoyed restoring his father’s antique tractors and pulling them in surrounding communities.

Lester was preceded in death by his wife, Corinne Oswald; brothers, Edwin Oswald, Melvin (Donna) Oswald, Dale Oswald, infant brother Richard Oswald; sister-in-law, Marvis Mueller; and brother-in-law, Lloyd (Naomi) Voges.

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