Lester Elliott Jr. remembered as family man, heart of a cowboy
Lester “Popeye” Elliott Jr., 93, passed away at his Renfrew residence on Tuesday, May 16.
“Well, the year he was born, 1929, is when the cartoon character Popeye was also born,” his son, Lester III, said. “They named him Popeye because he’d always get into scraps and scrap around.”
While Lester eventually outgrew his scrapping ways, he never lost his fighting-spirit, according to his family.
“There was no lollygagging; there was no downtime. Some people refer to him as going 100 miles per hour,” said Lester III’s wife, April. “I mean, he was a force to be reckoned with in the workplace because he wanted to keep everybody happy, all the customers happy.”
Lester owned and operated Elliott Tire Service in Butler city for over 60 years, and, according to his wife, Antoinette, he was a committed family man with the heart of a cowboy.
