Leonard Irvin Kessler1
M, #72224, b. 28 June 1933, d. 16 April 2005
Last Edited=27 Oct 2024
Leonard Irvin Kessler was born on 28 June 1933, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.2 He was the son of Charles T. Kessler and Elsie Marie Schweinhart.1 Leonard Irvin Kessler married Verna Joan Mattern circa 1959.3,4 Leonard Irvin Kessler died on 16 April 2005, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 71.2
Newspaper obituary:
Leonard I. Kessler
April 16, 2005
Leonard Irvin Kessler, 71, of 8676 Route 25, Spring Glen, died Saturday at home.
Born in Hegins, June 28, 1933, he was a son of the late Charles T. Sr. and Elsie M. Sweinhart Kessler. He was a 1951 graduate of Hegins Township High School.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
He retired as an inspection supervisor at the former Fruehauf Corp., Middletown.
He was preceded in death by an infant son.
Surviving are his wife of 46 years, the former Verna J. Mattern; two daughters, Beverly A. Hockenberry, Shermansdale, and Holly J. Jury, Elizabethville; a brother, Charles T. Hegins; two sisters, Lorraine Schwalm, Valley View, and Betty Klinger, Hernando, Fla; three grandchildren; a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento. The Rev. Edward Fisher will officiate. Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento, PA 17978. Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento.
Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffington-reed.com.
Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21.4
He was buried at Union Cemetery, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA.2,5
Newspaper obituary:
Leonard I. Kessler
April 16, 2005
Leonard Irvin Kessler, 71, of 8676 Route 25, Spring Glen, died Saturday at home.
Born in Hegins, June 28, 1933, he was a son of the late Charles T. Sr. and Elsie M. Sweinhart Kessler. He was a 1951 graduate of Hegins Township High School.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
He retired as an inspection supervisor at the former Fruehauf Corp., Middletown.
He was preceded in death by an infant son.
Surviving are his wife of 46 years, the former Verna J. Mattern; two daughters, Beverly A. Hockenberry, Shermansdale, and Holly J. Jury, Elizabethville; a brother, Charles T. Hegins; two sisters, Lorraine Schwalm, Valley View, and Betty Klinger, Hernando, Fla; three grandchildren; a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento. The Rev. Edward Fisher will officiate. Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sacramento, PA 17978. Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Sacramento.
Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffington-reed.com.
Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21.4
He was buried at Union Cemetery, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA.2,5
| Father* | Charles T. Kessler1 b. 31 May 1911, d. 25 Aug 1989 |
| Mother* | Elsie Marie Schweinhart1 b. 27 Jun 1916, d. 23 Sep 2002 |
Child of Leonard Irvin Kessler and Verna Joan Mattern
- Holly J. Kessler6
Citations
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Elsie M. Kessler, Republican and Herald, September 24, 2002, Page 3. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed May 28, 2023).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leonard Irvin Kessler, Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed May 28, 2023).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Verna Joan Kessler, Republican and Herald, November 3, 2013, Page A7. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed June 15, 2023).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leonard I. Kessler, Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed June 15, 2023).
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112377272/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leonard I. Kessler, Republican and Herald, April 18, 2005, Page 21. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed October 27, 2024).