From Esther's obituary: Esther was born November 27, 1914, in Banner, Oklahoma to Adolph and Emma (Freese) Lechtenberger and was the youngest of eight children.
Esther graduated from Classen High School in the Class of 1933 and continued her education at Blackwood Davis Business College and New Mexico State University.
From Esther's obituary: Esther was born November 27, 1914, in Banner, Oklahoma to Adolph and Emma (Freese) Lechtenberger and was the youngest of eight children.
During her lifetime, Esther had been employed by the Daily Oklahoman newspaper, Letzisizers Manufacturing Jewelers, Black and Decker, The Murray Corporation, Social Security Administration, U.S. Army Signal Corps and Fox Photo. She also sold Avon and Stanley Home Products for many years and found this a great way to meet new friends.
Esther married Richard C. (Dick) Webb on May 28, 1938, in Oklahoma City, and together they moved to Baltimore and Dayton, Ohio, before arriving at Holloman Air Force Base in 1952. Dick retired from his Air Force Civil Service career as an electronics engineer in 1970.
Esther was a talented seamstress, having graduated from The National School of Dress Design. She also was a certified Master Knitter, an avid quilter, and organized a quilting group that made numerous quilts for COPE, the local domestic violence shelter. Through the years, she won a number of awards for sewing projects.
She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, where she had served as a Sunday School teacher, founder of the church's bookstore and chairman of the Christmas Bazaar for many years. Esther also was a member of Rebekah's Lodge, Otero County Extension Club and Alamogordo Woman's club, where she served as club president and was named their very first "Woman of the Year." In 2003, she was named one of the Alamogordo Boys and Girls Club "Mothers of the Year."
The complete obituary may be seen here.
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