WWI, U.S. Army, Veteran.
After the war Lester worked as an attendant in the Veteran Hospital south of Waukegan, Illinois. He was divorced with one child. While on a date with a co-worked, a staff nurse, Edith Miller, he would meet his maker on a dark countryside road in Illinois.
After a movie at the Genesee Theater in Waukegan, the two went for a drive through the country side. Stopping on a dark road they were soon met by a bright light, a man with a gun. The stranger whose face was hidden within the shadows of darkness, ordered the two out of the car. As the man rifled throught the car looking for money or anything of value, the two stood helplessly in fear. Finding nothing of value the the stranger removed the keys from the car and walked into the darkness. Lester called out for the keys and the man replied "send the lady to get them". Refusing to do so, Lester walked towards the man and a fight broke out. Within moments a gun shot was heard. Through the lingering smoke Lester could be seen lying on the ground; he had been shot in the liver. A week later he lost his fight for life in the Veterans hospital; the same hospital he had worked in hours before his date with Edith.
Some controversy remains as to his death date. Many in the family say Lester was buried on Labor Day, September 3, 1932. His death certificates lists cause of death as "gun shot wound in body" on October 17, 1932 due to a "hold up by parties unknown"
In the head lines on October 24, 1932 of the The Waukegan-Sun proclaimed: Moberg Dies From Bandit Shot.
Today Lester lies in an unmarked grave in Pineview Memorial cemetery. Work is being done to locate his U.S. military records so as to request a military headstone from the Veterans Administration.

{Illinois Death Certificate # 0490541, LAKE Co., City of Shields TWP}