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Lester 'Les' Batterman
LESTER L. "LES" BATTERMAN
Iowa City
Lester L. "Les" Batterman, age 91, longtime area businessman and resident, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Iowa City, with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. (Sunday parking ordinance will be in effect for the streets near the church.) Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in his memory to the First United Methodist Church. A complete obituary will appear in Thursday's edition.
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