RESSLER, JOHN (1850-1925) & ELIZABETH (1855-1925)

According to a paper that grandma gave me years ago, John M. Ressler was born in Nov. 1850 and died March 1925.  He married Elizabeth Yost (b. Sept. 1855/d. April 1925).  Both are buried at New Providence Mennonite Cemetery.  Their children were: Harry  (b. 1877/d. 1941), Mary E. (b. 1878/d. 1897), Daniel Y. (b. 1880/ d. 1954), Frank Y. (b. 1882/d. 1979), Omar (b. 1884/d. 1888) and Estella M. (b. 1890/ d. 1969).

According to grandma, the family gossip was that John and Elizabeth had died closely time-wise because another relative (a son?) wanted the family farm and the only way to do that was to get John out of the way, so when he was already sick and in bed, this mysterious relative opened the windows all the way during the cold weather  and John ended up with pneumonia and died.  Grandma stated then that it was only family gossip and she did not know for sure.

The below gravestone photo is courtesy of www.findagrave.com.  They are buried in New Providence Mennonite Cemetery, New Providence, PA. 

The obit of Anna Elizabeth (Yost) Ressler published in a Lancaster newspaper on 22 April 1925: