Surname originally spelled Schoessler, he dropped the "o" when he immigrated
Henry Schessler
LAUREL — Henry Schessler, 92, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Benner, in Park City Wednesday morning of a heart attack.
He was born in Walter Russia, Jan. 24, 1876, and came to the United States in 1903. He lived in Boston, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Lincoln, Neb., before coming to Park City in 1908. He farmed for several years in the Yellowstone Valley. In 1917 he was engaged in the mercantile business with Stoltz-Schessler Mercantile in Park City and from 1929 to 1948 he was in the ice and cold storage business until retiring.
Survivors include three sons, Henry and Herman of Laurel and Theodore of Billings; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Benner of Park City and Mrs. Adolph Zoppelli of Palm Springs, Calif.; 13 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday from St. Johns Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Henry Fry, officiating. Burial will be in the Park City Cemetery.
Cashmore Memorial Chapel, Laurel, is in charge of arrangements.
His parents were
Father: Heinrich Schoessler (b. 1836, d. 1887 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia)Mother: Maria Elisabeth Hill (b. 1837/38 Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia, d. in Siberia, Russia)
His sister Mary Elizabeth (Maria) Schoessler Bauer is buried in the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Adams Co., Ritzville WA (findagrave #40404582)
Surname originally spelled Schoessler, he dropped the "o" when he immigrated
Henry Schessler
LAUREL — Henry Schessler, 92, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Benner, in Park City Wednesday morning of a heart attack.
He was born in Walter Russia, Jan. 24, 1876, and came to the United States in 1903. He lived in Boston, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Lincoln, Neb., before coming to Park City in 1908. He farmed for several years in the Yellowstone Valley. In 1917 he was engaged in the mercantile business with Stoltz-Schessler Mercantile in Park City and from 1929 to 1948 he was in the ice and cold storage business until retiring.
Survivors include three sons, Henry and Herman of Laurel and Theodore of Billings; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Benner of Park City and Mrs. Adolph Zoppelli of Palm Springs, Calif.; 13 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday from St. Johns Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Henry Fry, officiating. Burial will be in the Park City Cemetery.
Cashmore Memorial Chapel, Laurel, is in charge of arrangements.
His parents were
Father: Heinrich Schoessler (b. 1836, d. 1887 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia)Mother: Maria Elisabeth Hill (b. 1837/38 Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia, d. in Siberia, Russia)
His sister Mary Elizabeth (Maria) Schoessler Bauer is buried in the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Adams Co., Ritzville WA (findagrave #40404582)
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