"MC" Chester Fuller

“MC” Chester Fuller, 83, of Columbus Junction, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Colonial Manor in Columbus Junction.  Visitation will be held on Friday, March 14, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral and Cremation Services of Muscatine.  A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral and Cremation Services of Columbus Junction.  Following the services, burial will be held at Letts cemetery with Military Rites.  Memorials may be left to Washington County Hospice or Colonial Manor in memory of Chester. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sandhfuneralservice.com. 

Marion Chester Fuller was born on September 2, 1941, in Hartville, MO, the son of Chester E. and E. Pauline (McCleary) Fuller. Chester proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1962, stationed on a submarine in the Pacific.  He married Arlene C. Brown on March 1, 1961.  To this union, three children were born, Beth, Tammi and Tim.  The couple later divorced.  He married Carolyn Ehlert in 2008 and the couple later divorced.  Chester worked as a Maintenance Supervisor at Monsanto for 23 years.  For the next 10 years he worked as a Corporate Safety Director at Ryan and Associates in Davenport. For the remainder of his working career, he was a Loss Control Consultant. In 2004 he received the Gary Hawk Award, the highest award available from OSHA. Chester was a member of the Moose Lodge, the Columbus Junction American Legion and Ducks Unlimited.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing and restoring tractors.  Most of all, he loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.

Chester will be deeply missed by his daughters, Beth Schnoebelen of Columbus Junction and Tammara “Tammi”  Pugh and her husband Monte of Columbus Junction; grandchildren, Kalena and Jason Churchwell of Letts, Eric and Ashley Pugh of Fredonia, Jennifer Jackson of Columbus Junction, Jessica Buffington and Brian Spina of Palo, Stephanie Walther of Marion; great-grandchildren, Alyssia and Mikel Wheeler, Jayden Jackson, Laken Roberts, Jace Jackson, Ada Jackson, Aaron O’Neil, Dylan Pugh, Josie Roberts, Karson Churchwell, Kylie Churchwell, Lillyan Pugh, Brynlee Pugh and Opal Pugh; great-great-grandchildren, Vada Jackson and Benton Pugh-Staats; sister, Wanda Harvey.

Chester was preceded in death by his parents; son Tim Fuller; son-in-law, Ron Schnoebelen; brother, Jerry Fuller, grandson, Curtis Fuller, cousin and friend, Mike Fuller and several beloved dogs.

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