SCHOSSLER, Chester John 1893-1968

SCHOSSLER, MAY, PRIEM, CLARK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/7/2012 at 23:56:14

CHESTER SCHOSSLER

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OBITUARY:

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral Services for Chester Schossler, 75, who died Sunday at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital at Osage, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Otranto Community Church, Otranto, with burial in the Woodbury Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow, Ida; two daughters, Mrs. Melbourne Priem of St. Ansgar and Mrs. Harold Clark of Plymouth, Iowa; a brother, Henry of Centralia, Illinois; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Dolvin of Centralia, Mrs. Veriena McCullogh of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Mrs. Clyde of Minneapolis;

Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home in charge.

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, November 12, 1968]
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Chester J. Schossler 1893-1968

Chester Schossler Funeral Held November 13

Funeral services for Chester J. Schossler, 85, of Otranto, who died November 10 at the Mitchell County Memorial hospital, were held November 13 at the Otranto Community church with the Rev. Carl Calloway officiating.

Military honors were by American Legion Post No. 618 of Carpenter. Burial was in Woodbury cemetery, Mower county, Minn.

Chester J. Schossler was born to Valentine and Caroline Schossler at New Baden, Ill. September 22, 1893,

On December 1, 1917 he was married to Ida May at Mason City.

To this union two daughters were born, Mrs. Milburn (Betty) Priem, St. Ansgar, and Mrs. Harold (Frances) Clark, Plymouth. He served in the Army during World War I and was a member of the American Legion at Carpenter.

He had resided in Mason City and in Minnesota, but had lived in Otranto for the last 34 years.

He is survived by his wife, his daughters, six grandchildren & two great-grandchildren, one brother, and three sisters. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother.

Source: St. Ansgar Enterprise, 21 Nov. 1968, page 8, column 4 under heading "OTRANTO"]

Credit: Mitch Helle
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ANNIVERSARY--

OTRANTO, IOWA - Mr. and Mrs. Chester Schossler will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with an "open house" at the REC clubrooms in St. Ansgar from 2 to 5 p. m. A short program will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Miss Ida May and Mr. Schossler were married Dec. 1, 1917, in Mason City. They are long time residents of the Otranto area and Mr. Schossler is a retired carpenter.

They are the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Milburn Priem, St. Ansgar, and Mrs. Harold Clark, Plymouth. There are six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

[Waterloo Courier, Thursday, November 30, 1967]
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Social Security Death Index--

Name: Chester Schossler
State of Issue: Iowa
Date of Birth: Friday September 22, 1893
Date of Death: November 1968
Est. Age at Death: 75 years, 1 months
Last known residence:
ZIP Code: 50472
City: Saint Ansgar; Meltonville; Otranto
County: Mitchell
State: Iowa
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The listing for Woodbury Cemetery, Lyle, Minnesota, on the Mower county MNGenWeb site, shows:

Schossler, Chester John --- Sep. 22, 1893 -- Nov. 10, 1968

Schossler, Ida L. May --- May 29, 1894 -- Mar. 30, 1972
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Photo from newspaper article, (above) about their anniversary, in the Waterloo Courier.

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