Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Ressler, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ressler, of Cramer, Pa., died November
24, of influenza, aged 20 years. He was ill one week. He is survived by his wife and a
child one week old; father, mother and seven brothers, of which he was the oldest. He
was born and raised at Cramer. The entire family, except the mother, are ill with
influenza.
[marked in pencil: “1918”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Margaret, aged six years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowry Ressler, of Cramer, died on
Thursday. The funeral services were conducted at the home on Saturday by Rev. Jackson,
pastor of the Cramer M.E. church, and interment followed in the Cramer cemetery.
[marked in pencil: “Sept. 25, 1930”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
KILLED BY HER LOVER
Ella Ressler Murdered by the Man Whose Love She Spurned
HER ASSAILANT KILLS HIMSELF
Crazed by Jealousy and Drink, Dan Ressler Kills Himself and His Cousin.
THE GIRL LIVED OVER NIGHT.
Cramer, this county, was the scene of a tragic murder and suicide last Thursday
afternoon. Because his cousin, Miss Ella Ressler, refused to marry him, Daniel Ressler,
crazed with jealousy and drink, deliberately shot the girl to death and then sent a bullet
crashing through his own brain. The deed was committed in sight of the murdered girl’s
mother.
Miss Ressler formerly kept house for the mother of the man who killed her. He had more
than once proposed marriage to her but had as often had been refused. He was a miner of
violent temper, and on different occasions had been heard to remark that the girl’s life
would pay the forfeit if she continued to spurn his advances.
A short time ago he followed her to church with a gun intending to shoot her when she
came out, but parties, knowing of the threats he had made, disarmed him. On another
occasion he lay in wait for her, but was detected and disarmed.
On Thursday afternoon Miss Ressler, her mother and a brother-in-law named Bowers,
started from their home near Cramer to walk to Conemaugh Furnace where they intended
to take a train for Johnstown. On the way they were joined by Ressler. He and the girl fell
a short distance behind the other members of the party. Suddenly the report of a pistol
was heard, and the mother and her companion turned to see the daughter reel and fall to
the road. The murderer coolly surveyed his victim, then, placing the pistol between his
eyes, pulled the trigger.
He was dead when the others reached him. The girl was still living, but unconscious.
Help arrived and the young woman was removed to her home. She lingered until early
Friday morning, when she died.
There can scarcely be any question that Ressler deliberately planned the murder. The day
of the crime he made his preparations. After taking a bath he carefully dressed himself,
then going to the mantle took from it a bottle of whiskey. As he placed the bottle to his
lips he remarked to his aunt “This will be my last drink on earth.” He then went out and
joined his victim.
The aged mother is prostrate with the tragedy, coming as it does so closely upon the
tragic death of two nieces, sisters of the murderer, who, while they were crossing the
P.R.R. tracks at Johnstown, about two years ago, were run down by an express train and
instantly killed. The crime occasioned great excitement in the neighborhood.
Ressler was buried on Saturday morning and the murdered girl on Sunday afternoon. The
services on Saturday were conducted by Rev. Stephen Hildebrand, an uncle of the
murderer and the murdered. Ressler was aged 28 years; the girl was 18.
Miss Ressler’s funeral was the largest ever held in Cramer. The services were in charge
of the Cramer chapter of the Epworth League, and the sermon was preached by Rev.
Bergen, of the M.E. church. The league furnished a beautiful floral emblem in memory
of their departed friend.
In a pocket of Ressler’s coat was found a letter stating that it was his intention to commit
the crime.
[marked in pencil: “2-20-1896”]
Ressler marriage announcements from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical
Society of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
PLOWMAN -- RESSLER
Miss Lottie Ressler, of Cramer, and Joseph Plowman, of Armagh, were married
Wednesday at 1 o’clock, by Dr. Jesse W. Cary, at his residence on Church street.
[marked in pencil: “3-25-08”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
CLARK W. “PETE” RESSLER, 61, Cramer, Seward RD 1, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1974,
at Lee Hospital. Born Nov. 7, 1912 in Cramer, he was a son of William P. and Nancy Fry
Ressler. Mr. Ressler was a member of Local 838, UMWA and Cramer United Methodist
Church. Surviving are his widow: Mrs. Sadie Michelbacher Ressler; the following
children: Carl, Richard and Linda, all at home; Marlin, Armagh; two grandchildren, two
brothers: Harvey, Johnstown; and Robert G., Seward RD 1. He was preceded in death by
his parents and four brothers: Nelson, Braid, Irvin and Carl. Friends will be received after
7 p.m. tonight at the Kenneth N. Gray Funeral Home, Seward, where services will be
held Friday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Robert L. Patton officiating. Interment will
follow in the Armagh Cemetery.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
JACOB EARL RESSLER, 75, Vintondale RD 1, died Monday, April 10, 1972, at
Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. Born April 16, 1896, in Indiana County, he was a son of
James and Margaret Smith Ressler. Surviving are his widow, Norma Rager Ressler; three
sons: Earl R. and Mervin, both of Vintondale RD 1; Kenneth, Medina, Ohio; two
daughters: Mrs. George (Violet) Hydrew, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Louis (Jean) Sherwood,
Nanty Glo RD 1; 12 grandchildren; three brothers: Lawrence, Starford; Harry, Idlewild,
Md.; Frank, Vintondale RD 1; and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Peace, Johnstown. He was
preceded in death by his parents; a son, Ralph; and two daughters: Mrs. Freda Rowe and
Fern Ressler. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today at the Kenneth N. Gray Funeral
Home, Seward, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. C.M. Bennett
will officiate and interment will be made in Armagh Cemetery.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
MRS. STELLA RESSLER, 80, Vintondale RD 1, died Monday, April 17, 1972, at Lee
Hospital, Johnstown. Born July 15, 1891, in Indiana County, she was a daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Ling. Mrs. Ressler was a member of the Black Lick Community
United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Ressler, in
1970. Friends are being received after 3 p.m. today at the Kenneth N. Gray Funeral
Home, Seward, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. C.M. Bennett
will officiate and interment will be made in Armagh Cemetery.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
LAWRENCE E. “DAVE” RESSLER, 80, of 180 Coe Ave., Dixonville, died Friday, Jan.
25, 1974 at the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning, Pa. A son of James
and Margaret Smith Ressler, he was born Dec. 15, 1893 in East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana
County, Pa. Mr. Ressler was a member of the UMW of A Local No. 6796 and Woodmen
of the World. He was a retired coal miner and had formerly been employed by the CBC
Company for many years. Surviving are his widow, Laura Ethel Simmons Ressler; one
son, Blaine E. Sr., Niles, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Waneta) Jacobson, Youngstown,
Ohio; four grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; two brothers: Harry, Baltimore, Md.;
Frank, Vintondale RD 1; and one sister, Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Peace, Johnstown, Pa.
Friends were received from 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday and are being received from 3-5 and 7-9
p.m. today (Monday) at Robinson-Lytle’s, Indiana, where services will be held Tuesday,
Jan. 29, at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Prewitt Duncan officiating. Interment will be in Grove
Chapel Lutheran Cemetery, Indiana County.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
MRS. NORA A. RESSLER, 75, of Vintondale RD 1, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 1975 at
Memorial Hospital. A daughter of Jacob and Rosie Rummel Rager, she was born Oct. 15,
1899 at Vintondale. Mrs. Ressler was a member of the Blacklick Community United
Methodist Church. Surviving are these children: Earl R. and Mervin, both of Vintondale
RD 1; Kenneth, Medina, Ohio; Mrs. George (Violet) Hydrew, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs.
Jean Sherwood, Nanty Glo RD 1; 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; three
brothers: Roy, Vintondale RD 1, Doyle, Seward RD 1; Albert, Vintondale; a sister, Mrs.
Pearl Hamrock, Homer City RD 1. She was preceded in death by her parents, and
husband, J. Earl; three brothers and three sisters. Friends are being received from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. today at the Kenneth N. Gray Funeral Home, Seward, where service will be
conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. C.M. Bennett officiating. Interment will be
in Armagh Cemetery.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
HENRY S. RESSLER, 65, 212 Scott Court, Latrobe, died Monday, Oct. 25, 1982, in
Latrobe Area Hospital. A son of Archie and Maude Moore Ressler, he was born Feb. 17,
1917, in Cramer. Mr. Ressler was a veteran of WWII, serving with the Army. Before his
retirement, he was a driver for the Green Cab Co., Greensburg. Surviving are his wife,
Dorothy Webster Ressler; three sons: Kenneth W., Blairsville RD 3; James R., Saltsburg
RD; Stanley D., New Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. Anna Mae Clark, Derry; six
grandchildren and one great-grandson. Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Monday
and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the Michael J. Quinlisk Funeral Home, 548 N.
Chestnut St., Derry, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Rev.
William J. Haley will officiate with interment in the Blairsville Cemetery.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Paul Jacob Resslar, 87, of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of New Alexandria, died Thursday,
Nov. 17, 1988 in Kissimmee Memorial Hospital. Mr. Resslar was born Feb. 21, 1901,
son of the late Martin and Anna Stutzman Resslar. He was a retired master mechanic for
Operating Engineers Local 66, Pittsburgh, and a member of the First United Methodist
Church, New Alexandria. Survivors include his wife Sara J. Powers Resslar; four
children, Paul L., Kissimmee, Adam M., New Alexandria, John L., Utica, Mich. and
Lillian Peterman, Lower Burrell; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; his sister
Hutoca Hill, Blairsville. Services were held Tuesday at Hunter Funeral Home, New
Alexandria, Rev. Joel Wilcher officiating. Interment followed in Coles Cemetery, Derry.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
MRS. CATHERINE RESSLER, 52, wife of Lowry Ressler of Cramer, died at Memorial
Hospital, Johnstown, where she became a patient February 5. Death was attributed to a
heart ailment. Mrs. Ressler was born in Johnstown, a daughter of William and Lucinda
(Benshoff) Wagner. Besides her husband she leaves these children: Mrs. Jemima Clark,
Mrs. Louella Stiles, Mrs. Pearl Croyle, and Mrs. Annie Smith, all of Cramer; Mrs. Hattie
Troska, Boltz, Pa.; William Wagner and Walter Wagner, both of Johnstown R.D. 1;
Woodrow, Charles, Lowry Jr., and Edward Ressler, all at home. She was a sister of Mrs.
Edward Ressler, Johnstown; Mrs. Nettie Nicholson, Derry; Mrs. John Baird, Edmonds,
Pa.; Mrs. Pearl Naugle, Boltz; Allen Wagner, Cramer; Harrison Wagner, New Florence,
and John Wagner, Ashville. She also leaves 10 grandchildren. Funeral services will be
conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ressler home. Interment will be in Cramer Cemetery.
[marked in pencil: “Feb. 5, 1939”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
MARLIN J. RESSLER, 75, Seward RD 2, died Thursday, April 11, 1991, at Lee
Hospital, Johnstown. The son of Joseph and Alice Lee Moore Ressler, he was born Nov.
22, 1915, in Seward. Mr. Ressler was a member of the Homestead Avenue Methodist
Church, Johnstown, and the United Area Lion’s Club. A World War II veteran, he was a
retired employee of Bethlehem Steel Corp., Johnstown. Surviving are one brother and
one sister: Elmer Ressler and Martha Hopfer, both of Seward RD 2. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Margaret Thomas Ressler; his parents; one brother, Lee Ressler.
Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the
Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, New Florence, where services will be held at 11 a.m.
Monday. Interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown.
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Cora E. Ressler, 83, of Clarksmills, formerly of Gas Center, died Tuesday, Aug. 18,
1998. The daughter of Willian Andrew and Viola Rager Yahnert, she was born Dec. 20,
1914, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a member of the Blacklick Community United
Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Toni, and her husband, Donald Johns,
Clarksmills; and Jerilyn and her husband, Ross Plowman, Vintondale; 14 grandchildren;
20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Donald and Glen; a
sister, Anna Pintmonti, Calif.; and a sister-in-law, Marion Ressler. She was preceded in
death by her parents; her husband, Frank T. Ressler; a son, William T.; two brothers,
William and Milroy Yahnert; and three sisters: Alverda Swope, Alta Ressler and Dorothy
Kissell. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the Jon A. Meese Funeral
Home, Seward, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Peter
Alfieri officiating. Interment will be in the Blacklick Community United Methodist
Cemetery.
[marked in pencil: “8-19-1998”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Mrs. William Ressler. Rites were conducted on Sunday afternoon in the Cramer M.E.
church, followed by interment in the Armagh cemetery, for Mrs. William Ressler, who
died on Thursday in her home in Cramer. The deceased, whose maiden name was Miss
Nancy Jane Fry, was born October 21, 1876, and was a daughter of James and Catherine
(Martin) Fry. Surviving are her husband and six sons, Braid and Clark Ressler, of
Cramer; Robert Ressler, of New Florence, and Irwin, Harvey and Carl Ressler, of
Johnstown. She also leaves 14 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a brother, Braid
Fry, of California, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Larned, of Derry; Mrs. Lula Robinson, of
Pitcairn, and Mrs. Catherine Topper, of Turtle Creek.
[marked in pencil: “Ind. Progress, 3-15-1939”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
The will of Elias Ressler, of East Wheatfield township, has been filed. After all just debts
and funeral expenses are paid, his entire estate, mixed, personal and real, is give to his
wife, Jennie Ressler, so long as she remains his widow. At her death or remarriage, the
estate is to be equally divided among the children: Charles, Edward, Harry, Rosie, Lottie
and Ellen P. Ressler. Mrs. Jennie Ressler is appointed executrix. The will is dated July
28, 1896.
[marked in pencil: “7-14-11”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
Margaret Ressler
CRAMER, Sept. 27 -- Funeral services for Margaret Catherine Ressler, aged 6, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lowry Ressler, whose death occurred Thursday at the parentsl home
were conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Interment was in the Cramer cemetery.
[marked in pencil: “9-27-30”]
Ressler obituaries from the collection of the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana
County, Pennsylvania
George H. Ressler, aged 28 years, died of pneumonia yesterday at his home in Cramer.
He was a life long resident of Cramer, having been born there April 12, 1891. He leaves
his widow, Mrs. Sally Spackman Ressler and three children, Cora, John and Wilbur, all at
home. Mr. Ressler also leaves his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Ressler of Cramer; one brother,
John Ressler of Johnstown and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Bowers and Mrs. William
Coughnour of near Johnstown. The funeral services will be conducted in the Ressler
home at 10:30 o’clock [remainder of clipping cut off]
[marked in pencil: “2-27-20”]