John Schieler^[1]

1861 - 1927  (66 years)

• Name	John Schieler
  Born	7 Aug 1861	Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _AMTID	190111232768:1030:113173531
  Died	Sep 1927	Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States   [1]
  Buried	Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States   [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I50263	Megan's Big Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 1969

  
  

  Children	1. Mary Schieler   2. John Schieler   3. Lena Schieler
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F20255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Aug 1861 - Germany Died - Sep 1927 - Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States Buried - - Gridley, McLean, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S701] The Apostolic Christian Church Section of Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury .