Chester Hewett, age 91, of 110 4th St. SE, Huron, and formerly of rural Iroquois, died Saturday, December 4, 2004, at the Violet Tschetter Memorial Home. His funeral service will be at 11:30 AM Thursday, December 9, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church with Rev. Rick Senner officiating. Burial will be at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery with Military Rites by the Huron Veterans Council and the Bensley-Rounds American Legion Post #280 of Iroquois. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Welter Funeral Home or prior to the service at the church Thursday morning. There will be a Prayer Service at 6:00 PM Wednesday evening at the funeral home with the family present from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. The family requests no flowers. Memorials may be directed to the Huron Regional Memorial Center Community Hospice or the Violet Tschetter Memorial Home. Chester Hewett was born on November 21, 1913, to Edward and Caroline (Peterson) Hewett in Jackson County, MN. He received his education in Minnesota. On May 24, 1942, he entered the U.S. Army and served during World War II on the Pacific front in the Aleutian Islands guarding Japanese Prisoners of War. He also served in the Panama Canal working at the largest underground telephone switchboard in the world. Military awards included the Battle Star, Good Conduct and Service Award, and a Sharp Shooters Certificate. On November 11, 1945, Chester was honorably discharged. Upon discharge he attended G.I. Agricultural School. On March 22, 1945, Chester married Darlene Hein at Immanuel Lutheran Church at rural Iroquois. They were marred 59 years. He farmed south of Cavour and Iroquois and worked for Armour and Company for 20 years. They moved to Huron in 1972. After his retirement in 1977, they wintered in Arizona for 27 years and traveled extensively including a trip to his ancestral home and the church where his grandfather served as vicar in England. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church also serving as a church council member, and Our Saviors Lutheran Church at the time of his death. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1776 of Huron, Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion Post in Iroquois, Carthage, and Huron. As a young man he played league baseball in Minnesota and in the U.S. Army. Baseball remained his passion throughout his life. He played the harmonica and loved to sing. He also enjoyed dancing, billiards, and horseshoe. He is survived by his wife, Darlene of Huron; 1 daughter, Gaea (Gary) Blue of Huron; 1 son, Donley Hewett of Hill City; 7 grandchildren, Paul (Jennifer) Blue of Bellbrook, OH, Amy Blue of Las Vegas, NV, Rebecca Blue of Brookings, Sarah Blue of Huron; Jacob Hewett of Ithaca, NY, Joshua Hewett of Hill City, and Luke Hewett of Hill City; 4 great grandchildren, Alexandra, Caden, Ryden, and Hannah Blue; 1 sister, Dorothy Haberman of Morris, MN; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his twin brother, Lester; and 7 brothers and 3 sisters.