John Schieler^[1]

1861 - 1927  (66 years)

• Name	John Schieler
  Born	7 Aug 1861	Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	50417
  _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 GRIDLEY CEMETERY JOHN SCHIELER PASSED AWAY AT 5:30 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY MORNING, AT HIS HOME IN THE EAST PART OF GRIDLEY, AFTER A TWO WEEKS' ILLNESS. UNASSUMING IN HIS WAYS, AND A MAN OF STERLING HONESTY, HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH. MR. SCHIELER WAS BORN IN GERMANY ON AUGUST 7, 1861, COMING TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN A YOUNG MAN. WITH HIS PARENTS, HE SETTLED ON A FARM NEAR FAIRBURY. LATER HE MOVED TO A FARM NEAR REMINGTON, INDIANA. HE RETIRED IN 1914, TAKING UP HIS RESIDENCE IN GRIDLEY. MR. SCHIELER LEAVES HIS WIFE, ONE SON, JOHN SCHIELER, OF REMINGTON, INDIANA, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. MARY SCHAMBAS, OF ELGIN, AND MRS. LENA HUBER, OF REMINGTON, INDIANA. THERE ARE TWENTY-ONE GRANDCHILDREN. THREE BROTHERS SURVIVE, JACOB SCHIELER, OF PONTIAC; WILLIAM SCHIELER, OF FAIRBURY, AND ANDREW SCHIELER, OF MISSOURI. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT TEN O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY MORNING, REV. MARTIN STEIDINGER, OF FAIRBURY, PREACHING IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, AND REV. ELI WINZELER, OF TREMONT, DELIVERING A SERMON IN ENGLISH. REV. MICHAEL MANGOLD, OF ROANOKE, AND REV. ROBERT BAHLER, OF REMINGTON, INDIANA, ASSISTED IN THE SERVICES. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE GRIDLEY CEMETERY. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN ACTED AS PALLBEARERS: LUKAS KIEFER, JOEL BOLLER, PAUL HANY, PETER MEISS, SAMUEL KUERTH AND DIEBOLD KIEFER. SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAME TO ATTEND THE SERVICES THAT FULLY TWO HUNDRED WERE UNABLE TO GET INSIDE THE CHURCH. THERE WERE CARS FROM MANY TOWNS IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA.
  Person ID	I50263	Megan's Big Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2016

  
  

  Children	1. Mary Schieler   2. John Schieler   3. Lena Schieler
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F20255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  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.