Rassler, Edmund "Ed" (1936-2019)

RASSLER, BOETTCHER, FARMER, REVIS, CHINDLUND, ANDERSON, TOTTEN, MEYER, BUCKENDAHL

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 2/26/2019 at 14:36:52

Edmund "Ed" Rassler
June 28, 1936 - January 10, 2019

Edmund "Ed" Rassler, age 82, of Dowling Park, Florida, formerly of Varina, Iowa, died on Thursday, January 10, 2019, at the Lake City VA Hospital in Lake City, Florida.

Ed was born on June 28, 1936, to Albert Bernard and Isabelle Myrtle (Boettcher) Rassler. The oldest of eight children, he grew up in the Varina, Iowa, area, working on farms. After graduating from Varina High School, he did road construction in Iowa and Minnesota, mostly so he could be outdoors!

In 1957, Ed enlisted in the United States Navy. While stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, he met and married Ellen Patricia (Pat) Farmer in 1962. They would, subsequently, have three children. Proud to have served his country, he retired from the navy as an Aviation Senior Chief after over twenty years. Nevertheless. he continued his aviation career with McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis as a Navy Liaison for Avionics on new military aircraft. Indeed, he traveled to several countries and resided in Canada while providing training on the aircraft. Ed retired from Boeing/McDonnell Douglas to his farm near St. Louis with his second wife Marilyn, and was later joined by his son, Keith. Ed loved to read and to research family history, and he loved to be outdoors. He was always outside tinkering and doing chores – gardening, yardwork, or tending to the cattle. Nearing his eightieth birthday, Ed sold the farm in Missouri and bought another closer to his family in Florida where he resided with his son until his passing.

Ed never missed a Varina High School reunion or any of his Rassler family reunions. He loved to come and visit everyone in Iowa and Minnesota on both his mom’s and dad’s sides of the family.

Ed is survived by his wife, Marilyn Rassler; his three children: Sheryl Rassler (Joseph) Revis, of Atlantic Beach, Florida, Arno Keith Rassler, of Dowling Park, Florida, and Leigh Ann Rassler, of Jacksonville, Florida, and their mother, Pat; his grandsons, Justin and Jared Revis; his sisters: Annabelle (Ronnie) Chindlund, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Margaret (Peg) Anderson, also of Storm Lake, Iowa, Velma (Val) Totten, of Rembrandt, Iowa, and Nadine (Kelly) Meyer, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; his brother, Kenneth (Becky) Rassler, of Rembrandt, Iowa; his sisters-in-law: Sally (Raymond) Rassler, Susan (Wesley) Farmer, and Robin Farmer; and his brother-in-law, Richard (Pat) Farmer; as well as by many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Ed was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Vernice Buckendahl; his brother, Raymond Rassler; his brothers-in-law, Jerry Buckendahl, Gordon Totten, and Wesley Farmer; and his nephews, Scott and Troy Chindlund.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Varina. Burial will follow in the Varina Cemetery [Buena Vista County] in Varina. Visitation will take place for one hour before the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Serenity Place Hospice, 619 South Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32025. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes, 2019.

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