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Earl Heisler, 62, 1607 S. Olive street, committed suicide about 2 p.m. Thursday by shooting himself with a .22-caliber rifle while in the backyard of his son, Clarence at 1410 S. Maple street, according to a report by Dr. R. W. Perkins, county coroner, who investigated. Coroner Perkins said that Heisler had shot himself in the head. Friends said that Mr. Heisler had been in ill health for some time. He had been a resident of Sioux City for 19 years. He was born at Mapleton, Ia., June 19, 1884 and farmed near there 45 years. He and Mrs. Heisler, the former Josephine Ryan, whom he married at Mapleton in 1904, came here in 1928. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Survivors include his widow, five sons, Ralph, Clarence, Elmer, Earl and Lawrence, all of Sioux City; seven daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Gifford, Mrs. Francis Peterson, Mrs. Bessie Baker and Mrs. Bernice Baker, all of Sioux City, Mrs. Myrtle McGee of Omaha and Mrs. Edith McCombs, Estherville, Ia., and Miss Josephine Heisler, Onawa; one brother, Fred Heisler of San Francisco; one sister, Mrs. Nora Nepher of Mapleton, and 28 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the W. Harry Christy funeral home in Morningside. Rev. Walter Vos of Trinity Lutheran church will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
The Sioux City Journal, April 25, 1947
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Earl Heisler, 62, 1607 S. Olive street, committed suicide about 2 p.m. Thursday by shooting himself with a .22-caliber rifle while in the backyard of his son, Clarence at 1410 S. Maple street, according to a report by Dr. R. W. Perkins, county coroner, who investigated. Coroner Perkins said that Heisler had shot himself in the head. Friends said that Mr. Heisler had been in ill health for some time. He had been a resident of Sioux City for 19 years. He was born at Mapleton, Ia., June 19, 1884 and farmed near there 45 years. He and Mrs. Heisler, the former Josephine Ryan, whom he married at Mapleton in 1904, came here in 1928. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Survivors include his widow, five sons, Ralph, Clarence, Elmer, Earl and Lawrence, all of Sioux City; seven daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Gifford, Mrs. Francis Peterson, Mrs. Bessie Baker and Mrs. Bernice Baker, all of Sioux City, Mrs. Myrtle McGee of Omaha and Mrs. Edith McCombs, Estherville, Ia., and Miss Josephine Heisler, Onawa; one brother, Fred Heisler of San Francisco; one sister, Mrs. Nora Nepher of Mapleton, and 28 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the W. Harry Christy funeral home in Morningside. Rev. Walter Vos of Trinity Lutheran church will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
The Sioux City Journal, April 25, 1947
Family Members
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Blanche L. Heisler Gray
1904–1931
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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Heisler Gifford
1907–1979
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Ralph Melvin Heisler
1910–1980
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Clarence LeRoy Heisler
1912–1980
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Elmer O'Neal Heisler
1914–1992
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Bessie C. Heisler Gifford
1915–1999
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Myrtle Odessa Heisler Wright
1917–1999
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Bernice M. Heisler Murad
1919–2001
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Earl Kenneth Heisler
1921–1990
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Lawrence Hurley ""Larry"" Heisler
1923–2011
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Josephine Ann Heisler Weaver
1926–2014
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