Chester Jaskolka Obituary

Here is a little known story of Mt. Carmel football and Chester: I was the Athletic Director for Mt. Carmel for two years, 1969 to 1971 or there-abouts. There was a football game scheduled between Mt. Carmel and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the time. Tom Noble and myself went to Oshkosh to find a place to stay for the football team after the game. I do not remember the motel we went to, but the owner said he wanted nothing to do with the team. Tom and myself tried to convince him that there would be no problems with the boys. He finally agreed to allow the team to stay at the motel after we told him the coaches would have complete control of the boys. On Friday afternoon the day of the game the team arrived. The football game was played; I think we won. After getting something to eat, the team arrived back at the motel and all went well. The swimming pool closed at 10 pm (a trivial inconvenience for Chester and friends.) At 3 am Chester and friends were in the swimming pool having fun. The owner was a wee bit upset; he did not say anything at the time. However, the next morning when I was paying the tab, he said to me: The boys will always be welcome; leave the parents at home. Fr. Felix Prior

Jack Welch

We could use your two cents worth right now, Chester.

Chester,

it really hurts my heart finding out that you have left us. Although you are not among us anymore i know that you are still watching us and your spirit is always with us. Everytime i watch the Snow Ball game on tape i remember the first time i met you at the yard at ND. Your visits over here in Germany and our "European Trip" is still in my mind. Chicago is not the same anymore without you but everytime i visit the city i remember the times with you..

Thinking of you my friend..

Pat

Chester,

Unfortunately, it took a while to get the message in Germany.
I also want to say thank you this way that it was allowed me to met you 10 years ago, and that we became friends. The visits in Chicago will never be the same again without your smile and your jokes. I want to say thank you for everything you did and have shown me. I will never forget and it was an honor to know you. May God bless you

Aa old adage is that there are three phases to ones death, the 1st is when the body moves no more, the 2nd when nobody speaks your name anymore and the 3rd is when you're thought of no more - well Chester your still with us on 2 out 3.

only two people missing tonight, you and michael. miss you and love you. happy almost birthday.

love,
mec

Chet, it's been a year and there is still a huge void. Your "trunk club" is still in my garage...love you...Patti, Michael, Matthew

Each time I pass a bunch of kids in a pool on a hot day, I see Gaffney pushing you off the highest level of the high dive at Crystal Pool. About 30 feet, and I still hear you cursing him as you hit the water...The stories are endless and the stuff of legend. We will all be around a bigger pool again, and the laughter and moments of kindness shared will be remembered fondly. We all miss you Chet...The Vis Kids

Happy first anniversary, I'm thinking of you! Till we meet again.
Love ya,
Angie

Chet,
You were my dad's boss for many years but I never thought of you that way. Maybe it was because you were too busy treating me and my family like royalty with ND tickets, Bulls tickets, etc. I remember 1995, B.C. v. ND, we were heartbroken after the game when Glen Foley hit Pete Mitchell over the middle to set up BC for the winning field goal. After the game you gently leaned over and said, "Don't worry Nicky, we'll get em' next time" Fast forward to 2005 and we are in Tempe watching ND play the Buckeyes, unfortunatley we came out on the short end of that one too, but you again told me, "Nicky, we'll get em' next time". Chet, I was so glad to have known you...there will NEVER be another Chester.

Nick Farrer MC class of 95'

Merry Christmas Big Guy! Christmas will never be the same. Love you and miss you! See you in my dreams! Love M.E.C

Chester,
Thank you for being my guardian angel. Go Irish!

Chester,
Mt. Carmel is not the same now that you are gone. We all miss you very much, and hope that you are doing well in heaven. I’ll miss that heart-warming smile that you always had when seeing you at Carmel.
Go Irish
Go Caravan

I am quite late in finding out that Chester is gone from us and is now really on the 50 yard line for all the games. I first met Chester on a plane from Chicago to New Orleans going to the Sugar Bowl in 1980. He asked me if I needed a ride to my hotel as he saw me with my ND hat on and said that I talked too loud and that this was a way to shut me up. We became friends and realized soon that our passion for ND football and law enforcement were just two of the things we had in common besides our substantial difference in age. Chester always made time for his friends, and gave everyone women he saw a tender kiss and a great big hug. I think I must have seen 35 ND games over the years because Chester would always call me and ask me "do you need a ticket Jimmy, I take care of you". I can remember my Mom making cookies specifically for the trunk club and Chester telling her you make the best cookies. He was Ed Debevic's best customer during the many years that I managed the place on Ontario and Wells in Chicago. He make everyone laugh with his quick wit and loud and unique laugh and he always seem to punch me in the arm and say "you better get a meal your too skinny". We all have some great Chester moments and we all will cherish these moments till we have our same seat next to Chester on the 50 yard line. Let's make sure we share our thoughts with those that we love while we still have them so we can too laugh as loud as Chester, have a big smile like Chester and enjoy our time together as we did with one of ND's biggest fans. A great friend and one that I am glad we had a chance to meet. I think Chester once said there are no strangers to my tailgate parties, just friends we have never met yet.

Chet -

Who would think - 3 months after seeing

us you would not be here and now you have called our friend Gloria home to

be with you and George. Heaven must

be a special place. Watch over us

and we will keep all of you in our prayers. It's going to be a tough season without you up there in Section 10 - but you will never be

forgotten.

Mike,



Chester was your big brother. My heart goes out to you for your loss. He was a great person who everyone who met him will always fondly remember. Louise, Maureen & Richard and I mourn his passing.



Rick Carey

Chester,

We didn't see each other often after I moved to San Francisco, and after reading the other entries in the guest book, I wish we had. I remember your last visit to SF for the ND - Stanford game a few years ago. I will miss you and yuo will always be in my thoughts and prayers. Mary Joyce Griffin O'Reilly - San Francisco, CA

Chester, you were the best. Thanks for the memories...

I,ve known Chester since 2nd grade at Viz. Terry, Chet and I were together through 8th grade. He was in our Wedding Party in 1960. Chester was one of a kind. I think of Chester with three big "F's"; F for Faith, F for Family (Viz, ND, M.C.) and then "F" for fun and FUN he was. May God bless him and may the memories of Chester live on forever.

Chet: You were my boss for about 18yrs.,and the best one I ever had. Most importantly, you were a great and really good friend. I'll be telling Chester stories as long as I live. All happy memories, not one bad one. Chet you were one of the best people I have ever met in my life. I will never forget you and you will be in my prayers always, for the rest of my life. I LOVE YOU Chet. May God Bless you always. Jerry Farrer

I grew up in Visitation (55) I went to Mt. Carmel(59. I knew Chester. Everybody knew Chester. What amazed me over time was that every 10 years or so, I would bump into him and he knew me and my family and would ask about them or relate something about one of them. Always something good to say! He was the 'celebrity', but he always made me feel special that he would even remember who we were. All I know is that he was a very good man, who did a lot of good for a lot of people. An inspiration like his friend Rabbi O'Brien.

Chester, I'm sure Our Lady, Jesus, St. Peter, Sorin and Rockne are sitting around a table right now singing, HOW DO YOU DO CHESTER BOY, HOW DO YOU DO.

You always took care of my wife and kids during those cold nights at the ND games. We will (Absolute-Citron), miss you. GOD BLESS!

Chet,



I first met you in 1969 (along with Tudy), seems like it was just yesterday. Your love for ND and our family, and our love for you, will last forever. We are so lucky to have known you!



Please pour a beer for Dad, catch-up and let him know we are are well. It's sad that you are gone but also comforting to know that we have another angel in heaven looking out for us all.



Thanks for always looking out for our family, the numerous tailgaters and your friendship. We will never forget you!



Kevin, Carrie, Jack & Benjamin Kelly

To All Who Knew & Loved Chester



We were lucky enough to first meet Chester at a tailgate party before a football game. We attended many more of his tailgate parties over the years and even became members of Chet's Trunk Club. It was always a hoot to see him driving into the Aero parking lot in his big Cadillac with the ND flags proudly flying from the windows. People immediately would surround him. Over the past few years, we would meet him at 7 a.m. on game day and walk over to the student dining hall for breakfast. It seemed no matter where we went with Chester, whether at a home game, an away game or even when we all went to Dublin, Ireland fro the Notre Dame-Navy game, everyone knew Chester. He was a big kid and an even bigger kidder. There will be a big void the next time we're in South Bend without Chester. He will be missed!

Chet,

well you filled up Vis, stopped traffic on the Boulevard and most of the south side, had bag pipers and the Air Force at Holy Seplucher, along with a sound truck playing the ND fight song driving around the cemetery before they laid you to rest. The party afterwords was just as it should have been, and all in all, it was a perfect reflection of your life. Loud, energetic, boisterous and full of faith, goodwill and graciousness. I stand with all who knew you over the last many decades and say "We shall not see your likes again." Imitators, yes, but you were the orginal. Thanks for the tutoring, and teaching all of us to always "Keep the Faith".

The Vis Kids..........

Chester:



I had the distinct honor to have known you. Your wit as well as your concern for those around you goes beyond the norm by miles. I knew you for a short while but never have I forgotten your approach to life. You will forever be in my thoughts and prayers. To all you have touched in your life be assured that we are the better for it. Bless your soul and God Speed !!!



Frank J. Giunta CPD Ret.

Area 6 Youth Division

Chester,

Thanks for the rides home when I'd miss the Brown and White after practices. Rest in Peace!

Chester,

You finally made the last run through the one goal post that "really" counts. You played one hell of a game and came out a winner!



Safe journey home!

Thanks for the memories Chester, know you are on to enjoy the "Big Game", Heavens gain, is the worlds loss.

Chet:

I have just read 10 pages of praises from devoted friends and they all describe you to a "T". We never knew anyone quite like you and never expect to meet your equal in the future. Our days together at the Russell and NCPERS meetings when you represented the Chicago Police Pension Fund were the best. And then there was your beloved ND.

The high spot for me will always be the win at Tallahassee over FSU although the late rallies over BC at Chestnut Hill were great also.

But the treat for us all was to be in your company. We may search and search but will never find a person so kind, so generous, so warm spirited and so passionate for Notre Dame. It is not hard to understand why there were Mike Cummings, Jim Kilmartin and Angie O'Donnell's in your life. May God bless them for all that they did for you. You did good, Pally, for a "poor kid from the blvd". God bless and "GO IRISH". Chicago will never be the same.

Chester,if ever a person was a soldier of God, you were it! Marching on in your loud, boisterous, caring and loving way. Thanks for sharing the “good seats” with us at the USC game in Southern California and thanks for being such a great friend to our family. ND will take the National Championship this year with you cheering them on from above!

Chet, I will never forget the day we met. You and Ray showed us a great time in the Meadowlands that day. You'll forever be in my thoughts and prayers. I now know the definition of a "true friend". Thanks for the great times. You're one a million. I'll see you when I get there.

May you have eternal peace and God Bless.

Dear Chester - Thanks for being you. You certainly brightened our days and lightened our loads along the way. Joy is the unfailing sign of God's love being part of someone.

I have two definions of saints that I think you have fulfilled. Saints are sinners who kept on trying and saints are flawed individuals with great courage and generous hearts.

You certianly have amde a difference

for everyone you have touched on the journey. May the Lord hold you forever in the palm of his loving

hand. Shalom forever.

Chester, from the day we met you and Ray in the Meadowland's parking lot, I knew you were a special person. As you did with everyone, we felt a special bond from the start.

Thank you for taking four fire fighters from the St. Paul Blvd. Fire Department under your wing.

I will think of you often and remember your smiling face and words of wisdom.

Please watch over us until we all meet again at the ultimate tailgate that I am sure you are already setting up.



We weep today but, we will smile forever thanks to memories of you.

Dear Mike,

I was very sad to read of the passing of our good friend, Chester. Just knowing him was to love him and remembering all the laughs we had over the many years. May his wonderful soul rest in peace.

Chester,

You were one of the Greatest people I have ever known. It has been great to share 45 years of tail gate parties at ND with You...I know My father is so happy to have you with him in Heaven..I'm just sorry the little "Meatheads" won't have the same opportunity as me...getting to know you...I will truly miss you up in the stands...get with Joe & get us a National Championship...Go Irish!

Love Mary

Chester, you have always been a mentor to me, always there with a helping hand or a kind word. Thank you so much for everything you have done for me and my family...

CHET,NO MORE SUFFERING.YOU NOW HAVE THE BEST SEATS IN THE UNIVERSE.YOU CAN WATCH ND AND THE CARAVAN WITHOUT GETTING STUCK IN TRAFFIC.I NEVER DID THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO KEEP ME FROM QUITTING COLLEGE SO MANY YEARS AGO.SAY HELLO TO TUDY AND RAB FOR ME.GOD BLESS AND SAY A PRAYER FOR THE REST OF US.CHET,SEE IF YOU CAN GET ME TICKETS FOR YOUR NEW HOME FIELD.

I first met Chester when I was working part time Security for the Board of Education. After that our paths crossed many times while on the C.P.D.. Chester was a great individual and will be missed by many. Chester will be in our prayers.

Sincerely,

Andy & Roseann

Christophersen

Hey Chester



I was one of the unfortunate that actually never met you, but boy do I feel like I did! Thanks to the Kilmartins, they are sure going to miss you! God Bless You and Keep You, Love Corc

Chester, so much to say and not enough space or time to say it all. First and foremost I want to give thanks to Jim Kilmartin for giving me and my family the opportunity to meet you and the honor to call you friend for the last 30 years. The Whalens really appreciated all the Notre Dame football tickets, but to be honest the Whalens would have traveled to South Bend just to tailgate with you and wouldn't have missed the game at all. Buddie I'm gonna miss you sayin WHERES THE WHALENS. Keep a seat warm for me and as soon as I get there I'll ask for CHESTER.

Chester, I've known you for over 50 years and I don't think I've have ever met a more gentle man than you. I know your'e up in Heaven with Frank Kiszka. Mt.Carmel will not be the same without you. You're one in a million. May Our Lady of Mt. Carmel hold you in her arms.

Chester: Your kindness and smiling heart will forever be remembered. We'll miss you always!

Go Irish!

Chet,

Growing up you were like an uncle, as a man you were my friend. I'm grateful like so many others that you were part of my life. I'll miss you and I'll never forget everything you have done for me.

Chet, We are all so blessed to have so many wonderful memories of you. The tailgaters will never be the same. I remember you coming to Mom and Dad's parties, after every home football game, pulling up to the front of the house with tons of RV's following you...what parties we had in that basement!! How unfortunate for those who will never meet such a unique, special, kind human being. It was such a privilege to have known you. Give Dad a hugh hug from me. We love you Chet...Lori Kelly Janowczyk, Ron,Lauren,Joe & Jakie.

You will be greatly missed, Chester. As Dad's partner at Area 2 for all those years & the times you stopped by to visit after Dad retired, to the Carmel parties and family weddings, to the time I saw you on I-290 & you called me my Mom's name, you will be missed. You were a great friend and a generous person.

I had heard stories for years about

Chester, but had not met him until a few years ago. I walked in to Spanky's house and there was Chester. He treated me and my son like he had known us all our lives.

And that weekend at the ND game, one could not ask for a more gracious host. Chester was what the rest of us should strive to be.

The "world" lost one of the good ones.

The lights at Carmel will be a little dimmer without Chester there. I met him when I was in my sophmore year and well remember his being made an honorary alumni in 1970.



Chet, once you get through the gates, look for Duff, Dot, Pat and Tommy. Now, they have another of Tudy's pals to root on ND.

Chester, you were one of the first I met as a rookie when I was assigned to Englewood fresh out of the Academey and we stayed friends since. You never changed. Your friendship will be missed by many.

Bob Dart

Mt. Carmel 1958

CPD 1961 - 1993

Chet – You were simply regarded as Mr. Notre Dame out here in Kansas. Thanks for making Fighting Irish football games a reality to those outside of the Chicago area. Those of us from Wichita (and there where a lot of us) will forever cherish those fall memories. Your generosity towards the Whalen family and friends goes unmatched and I feel blessed to have known you.

Thank you Chester for your ability to make people laugh, your generous heart and your immediate acceptance of everyone with whom you came in contact. Your spirit will live forever in the many people who were privileged and fortunate to have met you.

Chester was truly one of a kind,and will be missed by all he touched

Visitation was the garden in which so many of us grew, into either beautiful, glorious flowers or strong, hardy weeds. Chester was a part of that good earth. He'll be happy to be home.

Our prayers and thoughts are with all who were privileged to know a man who everyone knew as Chester.There will never be another like Him.Rest in Peace.



The Fitzpatrick's from Visitation

Chester:

Thanks for all the great memories with you and my grandpa both on and off the field of play or the halls of MC!

Your friendship and mentoring while at Carmel has blessed me with a lifetime of exceptional memories, and provided me, and many many others, an understanding of what true loyalty and true friendship is ment to be!

You epitomize that which we should all strive to become....A good person who tried his best and gave his all to anyone he befriended!



Some of the best memories I have were from the many parties you shared with my family and my grandpa.....I still have your "Get out of jail free" and "Call a Bishop, Cause I'm an important Catholic" cards in my wallet that you gave me at one of my grampa's birthday celebrations!

You were a giver!



I am pround to have had your friendship, and shall remeber you always!

Chins up my friend, you won the game of life, and made all the right calls!

You will be missed.

Dear Mike,

Chester could not have had a finer brother in all of Chicago than you. When he became part of your family, he was a motherless child no more. No one could have taken better care of him in his last days than you. Thank you for giving him the dignity he so deserved. My deepest condolences on the loss of your best friend, your brother. I will miss him as will my boys and tears will fall for a long time. Knowing that Our Lady of Mt. Carmel/Notre Dame holds her loving son close gives me peace.

Oh Chester, I feel sorry for all the people who never met you.

Tom Brannigan, Vis'53 and ND'61

My first recollection of Chester goes back 50 years when my uncle, Fr. John Grace, formerly of Visitation, brought him over for Christmas at Grandma Grace's house on North Oakley, Chester would dress up as Santa Clause and fling Silver dollars at out heads and wish us a Merry Christmas, we always looked forward to the ride from Matt Igler's back to Grandma riding with Chester in his unmarked squad car, we knew that he'd put on the siren and give us the fastest ride we'd ever have.

Chester was one of those rare individuals that you meet once or twice in a life time that bigger than life, allways giving. The standing joke around our family is that you could go anywhere in the world with Chester and people would come up to him and greet him by name. Going to a Sox game with Chester was like going with a celeberity - - people young and old would call him by name, security guards would pass him through parking lanes and make sure that he was well taken care of.

Chester was a devoute and practicing Catholic who symbolized what a real Catholic gentleman should be - he took his Faith seriously, but never himself.

The old adage that the "good die young" was refuted in the life and times of the kid from the boulevard. May his soul, and all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace.

Thanks for keeping an eye on us and our kids for all of these years. We are all better people having known you. You have made our journey more enjoyable. Thank you .

Chester, We will all miss you so much. You are the one of the kindest men that we know. We will miss your laughter,jokes, stories, and most of all your warm heart. You made the world a better place to live. We love you.

To one of the best PHQ / Reviewers and friend a person could have.

Dear Chester,

You will be missed so much. You brought great joy every Tuesday and Thursday, when you came to visit, bringing with you Clare's BOE material. I miss the hug and a kiss on the cheek. You have touched thousands of lives with your kindness, sweetness and presence. May God take care of you up in heaven. I will keep you in my prayers. Hugs, Suzy

harold ( jake ) jacoby (c.p.d.)retired

I have never met a person so devoted to what he believed in or a social calendar so full. His quick smile and kind heart is truely his legacy to all that knew him. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your world!!!

May St. Peter and all the saints of Carmel welcome Chester into heaven. I came to know a great man when I was assigned to Mt. Carmel in 1968. He will be greatly missed by everyone. May God welcome him into heaven.

Chester,We lost a real Notre Dame man.I remember going to the tailgates after the game and Chester always having a smile on his face.Being from the Southside of Chicago and St Francis de Sales it was always good to argue about Mt Carmel.

Chester, Aunt Marie always thought you were the greatest. I agree. I am asking Father Dan Linehan OCSO to have a Mass said for you. He is 99 now and I am only 89. I will miss our infrequent Emails

Chester,

Heavan is a littler brighter now. We always new when you arrived and always felt better knowing you were near. Thank you for the warmth you've given me and the love you've shared with our family.

ND games won't be quite the same without Chester's considerable presence.

Chester, Thanks for being a big brother, Uncle or best friend to me and about 100 other kids in the neighborhood. Delavan, Lake Michigan, swimming pools, Notre Dame games. We never would have had that chance without you. I don't know who had more fun, you or all us other guys. Thanks, Chet.

Chester, you were many things to many people, but to the kids in our family you were always simply Uncle Chester. I'm going to go look for my official Trunk Club pin right now. When I find it I'm going to wear it with pride. Here's to a unique spirit. Go Irish!

Chester, you and my Dad went back all the way to Vistation. Now the two of you are back together again. Heaven will never be the same! May God bless you and all you have touched. Say hello to pops for me and thanks for all the Notre Dame tickets. Billy Burns

CHESTER YOU WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

Chester,

Thank you for all the memories over the years. I'll always cherish our time spent together at your ND tailgaters, FB games, and in the South Loop. You truly were a great friend and loyal fan who touched many people.

Chester was the best PHQ reviewer and friend a person could have, you'll be missed by many.

Chester, you and my Dad went back all the way to Visitation. Now the two of you are back together again, Heaven will never be the same! God Bless you and say hello to my pops. And thanks for all the Notre Dame tickets. Billy Burns

God, Country, Notre Dame, Visitation, Mt. Carmel, Chicago Police, The Mayors Daley and 100,000 friends - these were the institutions and their people that he loved, and that loved him deeply in return. Good-by and God Bless, my long, good, loyal friend. I will miss you greatly.

God, Country, Notre Dame, Visitation, Mt. Carmel, Chicago Police, The Mayors Daley and 100,000 friends - these were the people and institutions that he loved, and that loved him deeply in return. Goodby my long, good, loyal friend, I will miss you greatly.

Chester-

Thank you for everything you have given us over the years, the ND tickets and tailgates, your loyalty and friendship, your unbridled passion and your unique sense of humor.Thank you for helping out the hundreds(thousands?) of kids with a couple of bucks or a pair of shoes when they couldn't afford it. Thank you most of all for always telling me and everyone standing around us how much I reminded you of my father, I could never recieve a greater compliment. God speed and God Bless, the "Poor kid from the Boulevard" had a great run and will be missed.

Chester, You are a special person and I truly appreciated the way you looked after my son Brett over the last 4 years at Mount Carmel. Guys like you and Coach Kiska are what made MC the special place that it is. It is unfortunate that future students will not have the privledge of your support. Rest well my friend!

The Mount Carmel Mothers' Club was truly honored to help Chester celebrate his birthday last year at our Fashion Show, "The Wonderful World of Mount Carmel". Chester was proud to "lead off" the family run because Carmel was his family. We know how much he loved the "surprise" by his smile, and even his tears, that day. Chester, thanks for always being there for our boys.

Love, The Mount Carmel Mothers' Club Board '04-'05

The Notre Dame community has lost one of its finest. Chester (I never knew he had a last name)will be greatly missed.

Chet,

What a wonderful,and, loving life you have had. And, I am so proud to have shared almost 50 of those years with you.We have laughed,and, we have cried. You have been a father, a brother,and the best friend anyone could ever have had.I will Stand Up and Cheer For Carmel,and, continue to Cheer, Cheer For Old Notre Dame,but, the games will be a little more quiet,and, less fun without you.

In fact, life will be less fun without you.Say hello to all our old pals for me,and save me a seat on the 50.

Chester was a great American story. I always enjoyed time spent with him. God bless his memory and his life.

HOW LUCKY WE WERE TO HAVE SPENT LAST THURSDAY WITH YOU AND YOUR BUDDIES, MIKE AND JIMMY! AND WHAT A TIME WE HAD. ND HAS LOST ONE OF ITS GREATEST FANS AND HEAVEN HAS GAINED A FIESTY SUPPORTER. YOU AND DAD ARE BACK TO DISCUSSING THE GAMES AND STRATEGIES AGAIN...GIVE HIM A HUG FOR ME!!! AND TUDY!! HEAVEN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HIT THEM YET...BUT THEY WILL.

WE WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH.

LOVE,

BARB KELLY

DEAR CHET,

IN ALL THE YEARS OF FOLLOWING THE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL TEAMS, WHERE EVER WE WENT, I KNEW I WOULD FIND A SMILING, FRIENDLY FACE. YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP! WE WILL MISS YOU.

Pal Chester: Thanks for the memories and your loyalty to Our Lady of the Lake. From coast to coast you guided two generations to the love, warmth and kinship of the extended Notre Dame family. Watch over us from Heaven.

I remember Chester kidnapping us off the corner of 56th and Morgan. "Get in you bums. You're just gonna get in trouble here". Off we would go for the rest of the day, all piled in the back of Chet's car. We would watch him umpire baseball games or just run errands. In bad weather he would open the Vis gym and get out the basketballs. He watched over all of us. Me, Tommy Casey, Mike Cummings, Jack Durkin and the rest of the gang. He was very proud of his "Vis kids" who became policemen. He was one of the finest human beings I have ever known.

You enriched our lives with your smiling face and many humerous stories when you came to our office- 9:00 am will always be yours. We will miss you.

Chester,

Just reading your obituary brought back so many fond memories of you and "Vis". You touched so many lives.



I can only imagine how many people were right there to welcome you to heaven!



Marilyn Conroy Benjamin

Chester....you will be missed at the golf outing....God speed

Chester was Visitation ,MtCarmel,and N.D. All Who ever Met Him,They Know,He made You Feel Strong,Proud,And Keep You Laughing,O YA and A Great Cop !!! He Will Be Missed.....