Lester Dwight SHORT (*)

Page added 30 January 2026.
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Obituary
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Kacie's Photography, 2019
 
Known As:  Dwight
Birth:  8 July 1937 in Milford, Sussex County, Delaware
Death:  2 August 2024 in Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware
Burial:  November 2024 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-11
Headstone Text:  SHORT // LESTER DWIGHT / --- / --- // JEANETTE TRINA / APR. 18, 1937 / AUG. 31, 2012 (see * below)

Parents:  Oscar Leroy SHORT and Sara Elizabeth SHORT (m. WRIGHT)
Parents' Children: 
  • Donald Leroy SHORT
  • Lester Dwight SHORT

Spouse #1:  Jeanette Trina LINTERN
Children: 
  • Michael Dwight SHORT
 
Spouse #2:  Joan unknown
Marriage:  2017
I have not currently found evidence that they had children.
 
Employment:  Lester served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 6 years. After leaving the FBI, he was Operations Manager at International Armaments.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Lester and Jeanette share a headstone at Plots F-10 and F-11. Lester’s ashes were recently interred.
 
* Lester’s information was recently added. A new photo will be taken as soon as the weather cooperates.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#292013135), FamilySearch website (#GFM2-3B8).
 
Documents Include:  Cranston Funeral Home -- obituary.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.
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