Son of Alois Reinhold Geisler and Agnes M. (Stumpf) Geisler.
Married Phoebe Wilhelmina (Grasser) Butts around 1921 or 1922 in California.
Her two sons from a previous marriage adopted their stepfather's surname (Merle Wesley Butts and Vernon Arthur Butts).
Walter and Phoebe had 5 more children together:
Walter Max Geisler, Jr., 1922-1975;
Lois Barbara Fulbright, 1925-2016
a second daughter, still living
Edward Esko Geisler, 1931-1997;
Ward Delano Geisler, 1932-2002.
Excerpt from obituary published May 14, 1983 in THE DAILY NEWS, Longview, Washington:
"Walter M. Geisler, 85, of Kelso, died May 12, 1983, in a local hospital. Born June 20, 1897 in Germany, he moved to this area in 1949 from California. He was a member of the Kelso Eagles. He had worked as a boilermaker and welder.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Fulbright of Kelso, and...; two sons, Ward Geisler, and Edward Geisler, both of Kelso; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Leland Whitaker officiating. The casket will remain closed at the service. Interment will be at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens."
Married Phoebe Wilhelmina (Grasser) Butts around 1921 or 1922 in California.
Her two sons from a previous marriage adopted their stepfather's surname (Merle Wesley Butts and Vernon Arthur Butts).
Walter and Phoebe had 5 more children together:
Walter Max Geisler, Jr., 1922-1975;
Lois Barbara Fulbright, 1925-2016
a second daughter, still living
Edward Esko Geisler, 1931-1997;
Ward Delano Geisler, 1932-2002.
Excerpt from obituary published May 14, 1983 in THE DAILY NEWS, Longview, Washington:
"Walter M. Geisler, 85, of Kelso, died May 12, 1983, in a local hospital. Born June 20, 1897 in Germany, he moved to this area in 1949 from California. He was a member of the Kelso Eagles. He had worked as a boilermaker and welder.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Fulbright of Kelso, and...; two sons, Ward Geisler, and Edward Geisler, both of Kelso; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Leland Whitaker officiating. The casket will remain closed at the service. Interment will be at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens."
Son of Alois Reinhold Geisler and Agnes M. (Stumpf) Geisler.
Married Phoebe Wilhelmina (Grasser) Butts around 1921 or 1922 in California.
Her two sons from a previous marriage adopted their stepfather's surname (Merle Wesley Butts and Vernon Arthur Butts).
Walter and Phoebe had 5 more children together:
Walter Max Geisler, Jr., 1922-1975;
Lois Barbara Fulbright, 1925-2016
a second daughter, still living
Edward Esko Geisler, 1931-1997;
Ward Delano Geisler, 1932-2002.
Excerpt from obituary published May 14, 1983 in THE DAILY NEWS, Longview, Washington:
"Walter M. Geisler, 85, of Kelso, died May 12, 1983, in a local hospital. Born June 20, 1897 in Germany, he moved to this area in 1949 from California. He was a member of the Kelso Eagles. He had worked as a boilermaker and welder.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Fulbright of Kelso, and...; two sons, Ward Geisler, and Edward Geisler, both of Kelso; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Leland Whitaker officiating. The casket will remain closed at the service. Interment will be at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens."
Married Phoebe Wilhelmina (Grasser) Butts around 1921 or 1922 in California.
Her two sons from a previous marriage adopted their stepfather's surname (Merle Wesley Butts and Vernon Arthur Butts).
Walter and Phoebe had 5 more children together:
Walter Max Geisler, Jr., 1922-1975;
Lois Barbara Fulbright, 1925-2016
a second daughter, still living
Edward Esko Geisler, 1931-1997;
Ward Delano Geisler, 1932-2002.
Excerpt from obituary published May 14, 1983 in THE DAILY NEWS, Longview, Washington:
"Walter M. Geisler, 85, of Kelso, died May 12, 1983, in a local hospital. Born June 20, 1897 in Germany, he moved to this area in 1949 from California. He was a member of the Kelso Eagles. He had worked as a boilermaker and welder.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Fulbright of Kelso, and...; two sons, Ward Geisler, and Edward Geisler, both of Kelso; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Leland Whitaker officiating. The casket will remain closed at the service. Interment will be at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens."
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