 1861 - 1927 (66 years)
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| Name |
John Schieler |
| Born |
7 Aug 1861 |
Germany
 [1] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| _AMTID |
190111232768:1030:113173531
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| Died |
Sep 1927 |
Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States
[1] |
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| Buried |
Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States
[1] |
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| Notes |
- JOHN SCHIELER
THE GRIDLEY ADVANCE
SEPT. 8, 1927
JOHN SCHIELER IS CALLED BY DEATH
HIGHLY RESPECTED OF GRIDLEY DIED ON SUNDAY MORNING
INTERMENT ON TUESDAY
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FROM APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH; BURIAL IN GRIDLE
Y CEMETERY
JOHN SCHIELER PASSED AWAY AT 5:30 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY MORNING, AT HIS HOM
E IN THE EAST PART OF GRIDLEY, AFTER A TWO WEEKS' ILLNESS. UNASSUMING I
N HIS WAYS, AND A MAN OF STERLING HONESTY, HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY A L
ARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE APOSTO
LIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
MR. SCHIELER WAS BORN IN GERMANY ON AUGUST 7, 1861, COMING TO THE UNITE
D STATES WHEN A YOUNG MAN. WITH HIS PARENTS, HE SETTLED ON A FARM NEAR F
AIRBURY. LATER HE MOVED TO A FARM NEAR REMINGTON, INDIANA. HE RETIRED I
N 1914, TAKING UP HIS RESIDENCE IN GRIDLEY.
MR. SCHIELER LEAVES HIS WIFE, ONE SON, JOHN SCHIELER, OF REMINGTON, IND
IANA, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. MARY SCHAMBAS, OF ELGIN, AND MRS. LENA HU
BER, OF REMINGTON, INDIANA. THERE ARE TWENTY-ONE GRANDCHILDREN. THREE B
ROTHERS SURVIVE, JACOB SCHIELER, OF PONTIAC; WILLIAM SCHIELER, OF FAIRB
URY, AND ANDREW SCHIELER, OF MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT TEN O'C
LOCK ON TUESDAY MORNING, REV. MARTIN STEIDINGER, OF FAIRBURY, PREACHING I
N THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, AND REV. ELI WINZELER, OF TREMONT, DELIVERING A S
ERMON IN ENGLISH. REV. MICHAEL MANGOLD, OF ROANOKE, AND REV. ROBERT BAH
LER, OF REMINGTON, INDIANA, ASSISTED IN THE SERVICES. INTERMENT WAS MAD
E IN THE GRIDLEY CEMETERY. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN ACTED AS PALLBEARERS
: LUKAS KIEFER, JOEL BOLLER, PAUL HANY, PETER MEISS, SAMUEL KUERTH AND D
IEBOLD KIEFER.
SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAME TO ATTEND THE SERVICES THAT FULLY TW
O HUNDRED WERE UNABLE TO GET INSIDE THE CHURCH. THERE WERE CARS FROM MA
NY TOWNS IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA.
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| Person ID |
I50263 |
Megan's Big Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 1969 |
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| Sources |
- [S701] The Apostolic Christian Church Section of Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury
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