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15, 1921 - Dec. 2, 2009SOUTH BEND - Lifelong South Bend resident Chester Paul Gale, 88, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at 3:39 am with his daughter by his side at the 3rd Medical Group, Elmendorf Air Force Base Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. A visitation will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 20th at Evergreen Memorial Chapel in Anchorage, Alaska. St. Joseph Funeral Home on Mayflower Road in South Bend will arrange funeral services next spring. A notice will be posted in the South Bend Tribune in April. Chester was born on September 15, 1921, in South Bend, IN, to Sadie and John Golembiewski. He graduated from Washington High School and later continued his education at College of Commerce in South Bend where he earned a degree in accounting. He also attended the University of Indiana-South Bend. He appreciated the beauty of music and read voraciously; while also enjoying the game of golf, and crafting golf clubs in his spare time. Chester served his country honorably in World War II as a Quartermaster Second Class in the U.S. Navy. In 1945 he returned to South Bend where he worked at the Studebaker Corporation as a metal finisher. He later joined the U.S. Postal Service as an accounting clerk where he retired 1n 1984 after 31-years of service. On December 29, 1950, in South Bend, he married the former June M. Cook at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in South Bend and together they raised six children. For the last 10 years, Chester endured Lung and Heart disease with courage, grace and determination. He had a generous and beautiful spirit and will be remembered as a beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, and uncle. Chester was preceded in death by his parents, John and Sadie Golembiewski, sons William Joseph Gale and Timothy Robert Gale, and close friend and brother-n-law Ray Wasielewski. He is survived by his sister Alice Wasielewski of Broomfield, CO; son and partner, John Gale and Kim Davis of Bellingham, WA; daughter and son-in-law, Bruce and Rebecca Roberts of Anchorage, AK; son and daughter-in-law Douglas and Richelle Gale of South Bend, IN; daughter Jolinda Goodwin of Walkerton, IN; grandchildren Ryan and Alyse Roberts of Anchorage, AK; Kelly Springman and Shawn Burback of Minneapolis, MN, David Goodwin of Palm Springs, CA; William Gale Jr. of South Bend, IN; Joseph Gale of South Bend, IN; Tammy Seravalli of Stewart, FL and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.