19 February 1958 - The Lowden News
William Sessler, 75, died Sunday forenoon in Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton. While staying with his daughter and family near Vinton he suffered a severe stroke the previous Sunday which paralized him extensively. He lapsed into a coma Tuesday evening from which he never recovered. He and Mrs Sessler had been staying in their daughters' homes near Vinton and Williamsburg the past several weeks during her convalescence of injuries suffered in an auto mishap.
Burial services are being held today at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran church, preceded by a prayer service in the home at 1:00 o'clock, the Rev. Th. J. Eickelberg officiating. Music will be supplied by the mixed chorus, directed by Mrs Lorenz Hoffmeier.
Gerald Wiebel, Art Sessler, Al. Sessler, Harry Wiebel, Delmar Hoffmeier and Lorenz Hoffmeier will serve as pallbearers. Mrs Myron Schneider and Mrs Melvin Wiebel are in charge of flowers. Interment will be in the Lutheran cemetery.
William Henry Sessler was born Dec. 11, 1882, at Carroll, Iowa. He was the son of Pastor John Sessler and his wife, Anna, nee Maurer. Baptized by his father in the Lutheran faith at Carroll in 1882, he was educated in the parochial and public schools and was confirmed by his father on March 29, 1896, at Ft. Dodge, Ia. Upon the death of his father in his early teens, he came to live at Wilton Junction. Here he grew to manhood, working on a farm during his youth.
On Jan. 15, 1918, he married Miss Bertha Wiebel of Lowden. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. After farming for three years at Wilton Junction, and for one year in this area, following his marriage, Mr Sessler became a painter and interior decorator, making his home in Lowden, and continued at this work until the time of his death. A member of Trinity congregation for many years, Mr Sessler served his congregation as an elder for two terms. He was also active in the choir and in the orchestra.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Walter, of Hastings, Nebr.; two daughters, Mrs Luanna Heitshusen of South Amana, and Mrs Ludora Heitshusen of Vinton; 10 grandchildren; four brothers, John of Wilton, Albert of Davenport, Henry of San Francisco, Calif., and Otto of Portland, Ore., and by one sister, Mrs Carl Wiebel of Wilton.
One son, three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
19 February 1958 - The Lowden News
William Sessler, 75, died Sunday forenoon in Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton. While staying with his daughter and family near Vinton he suffered a severe stroke the previous Sunday which paralized him extensively. He lapsed into a coma Tuesday evening from which he never recovered. He and Mrs Sessler had been staying in their daughters' homes near Vinton and Williamsburg the past several weeks during her convalescence of injuries suffered in an auto mishap.
Burial services are being held today at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran church, preceded by a prayer service in the home at 1:00 o'clock, the Rev. Th. J. Eickelberg officiating. Music will be supplied by the mixed chorus, directed by Mrs Lorenz Hoffmeier.
Gerald Wiebel, Art Sessler, Al. Sessler, Harry Wiebel, Delmar Hoffmeier and Lorenz Hoffmeier will serve as pallbearers. Mrs Myron Schneider and Mrs Melvin Wiebel are in charge of flowers. Interment will be in the Lutheran cemetery.
William Henry Sessler was born Dec. 11, 1882, at Carroll, Iowa. He was the son of Pastor John Sessler and his wife, Anna, nee Maurer. Baptized by his father in the Lutheran faith at Carroll in 1882, he was educated in the parochial and public schools and was confirmed by his father on March 29, 1896, at Ft. Dodge, Ia. Upon the death of his father in his early teens, he came to live at Wilton Junction. Here he grew to manhood, working on a farm during his youth.
On Jan. 15, 1918, he married Miss Bertha Wiebel of Lowden. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. After farming for three years at Wilton Junction, and for one year in this area, following his marriage, Mr Sessler became a painter and interior decorator, making his home in Lowden, and continued at this work until the time of his death. A member of Trinity congregation for many years, Mr Sessler served his congregation as an elder for two terms. He was also active in the choir and in the orchestra.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Walter, of Hastings, Nebr.; two daughters, Mrs Luanna Heitshusen of South Amana, and Mrs Ludora Heitshusen of Vinton; 10 grandchildren; four brothers, John of Wilton, Albert of Davenport, Henry of San Francisco, Calif., and Otto of Portland, Ore., and by one sister, Mrs Carl Wiebel of Wilton.
One son, three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
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