Charles Henry Kessler
M, #10638, b. 18 September 1866, d. 5 March 1940
Last Edited=7 Feb 2024
Charles Henry Kessler was born on 18 September 1866, Keiffers, Schuylkill County, PA.1,2 He married Mary Elizabeth Erdman. Charles Henry Kessler died on 5 March 1940, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.3,2
Newspaper obituary:
Well Known Erdman Resident Died Tues.
Charles Henry Kessler, age 74 years, died Tuesday morning at his home at Erdman. He was member of Klinger's Lutheran Church at Erdman.
Mr. Kessler was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kessler and was a lifelong resident of Erdman, where he had conducted a store and saw mill for many years.
Survivors are the following children: Mrs. Ellen Umholtz, Oscar, Charles. Moses, Sinary, George, Harry, Luther, Lloyd, and Ezra Kessler, all of Erdman; William Kessler of Shamokin and Guy Kessler of Tower City. Thirty-two grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held from the residence at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning with further services in Klinger's Church. Rev. Dr. D. I. Sultzbach pastor of the Sacramento Lutheran Parish will officiate and interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.
Elizabethville Echo, March 7, 1940, Page 1.4
He was buried on 9 March 1940, at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.5,2
Newspaper obituary:
Well Known Erdman Resident Died Tues.
Charles Henry Kessler, age 74 years, died Tuesday morning at his home at Erdman. He was member of Klinger's Lutheran Church at Erdman.
Mr. Kessler was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kessler and was a lifelong resident of Erdman, where he had conducted a store and saw mill for many years.
Survivors are the following children: Mrs. Ellen Umholtz, Oscar, Charles. Moses, Sinary, George, Harry, Luther, Lloyd, and Ezra Kessler, all of Erdman; William Kessler of Shamokin and Guy Kessler of Tower City. Thirty-two grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held from the residence at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning with further services in Klinger's Church. Rev. Dr. D. I. Sultzbach pastor of the Sacramento Lutheran Parish will officiate and interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.
Elizabethville Echo, March 7, 1940, Page 1.4
He was buried on 9 March 1940, at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.5,2
Child of Charles Henry Kessler and Mary Elizabeth Erdman
- Charles Edwin Kessler+6 b. 15 Mar 1892, d. 5 Mar 1942
Citations
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), part 2, pp. 238, 291 (cemetery record). Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
- [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 28809 (1940); https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, pt. 2, p. 238 (funeral record).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Charles Henry Kessler, Elizabethville Echo, March 7, 1940, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed February 7, 2024).
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, part 2, p. 291.
- [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.