Individual Details

Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, February 23, 2002, Final Edition, Page B 7: Anchorage Resident Lee Raymond Chronister, 90, died Feb. 19, 2002, at his home. A service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at New Grace Christian Church, 10821 Totem Road. Mr. Chronister was born Sept. 11, 1911, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He moved to Whittier in 1952 and lived there until 1960, when he moved to Anchorage. He worked on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and as a roadhouse superintendent for the Alaska Railroad. He also worked at Totem Realty for 10 years. His family said: "He was a powerful and gifted athlete who played minor league baseball and pitched in a national fast-pitch softball championship. He could still throw 95 mph at 52 years old (lefty). He was also an excellent bowler and enjoyed horseshoes. "Our father is a man of leadership and great strength who faced a painful death with courage and concern for others. Secure in his knowledge of an eternal life with his Lord Jesus Christ, he passed on, loving his family with all of his heart." Mr. Chronister is survived by his wife, Roberta Lois Chronister of Anchorage; sons and daughters-in-law, Brian and Happy Chronister, Stephen and Lori Chronister, all of Anchorage, and Ronald Lee Chronister of South Carolina; daughters, Susan Lois Chronister of Anchorage, Margaret Ellen Wooding of Arizona, Glenda Ruth Scherman of Colorado; grandchildren, Christopher, Erik, Charity, David, Jenna, John, all of Anchorage; Trevor, Valerie, Jacob, Sean, Jim, Larry, Marjorie, Jennifer, Cynthia, Francis, Janna, Michael, all from outside Alaska. Arrangements were by Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary and Crematory.

Birth	11 Sep 1911	Hillard, Butler Co., Missouri
Birth	1912	Missouri
Marriage	27 Jul 1933	Butler Co., Missouri - Thelma May Selvidge
Death	19 Feb 2002	Anchorage, Anchorage Co., Alaska
Death	19 Feb 2002	Age: 90
Alt name		Lee Chronister
Alt name		Raymond Lee Chronister
Soc Sec No		702-14-7027
SSN issued		Railroad Board (Issued Through)
Burial		R. Lee Chronister, Angelus Memorial Park, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska
Research Notes

Spouse	Thelma May Selvidge (1912 - 1983)
Child	Margaret Ellen Chronister ( - )
Child	Ronald Lee Chronister (1935 - )
Child	Glenda Ruth Chronister (1939 - )

Spouse	Roberta Lois ??? ( - )
Child	Brian Chronister ( - )
Child	Stephen Chronister ( - )
Child	Susan Lois Chronister ( - )

Father	Stephen Anderson Chronister (1884 - 1955)
Mother	Luttie Dunning (1891 - 1920)
Sibling	Muriel Ruth Chronister (1914 - 1999)

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