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Ressler, Martin (1922-1987)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 29 Oct 1987 p. 12
Birth date: 1922
text of obituary:
COMMUNITY NEWS
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Martin Ressler, 65, Quarryville, died Oct. 10 of leukemia. Funeral services were held at Weaverland Mennonite Church, East Earl, on Oct. 13. He was a retired farmer and church musician and historian. A music teacher for 40 years, he was a self-taught musician and was said to have owned one of the largest private music collections from the Mennonite Church in North America. From 1967 to 1979 he edited Music Messenger, a bimonthly magazine for congregational song leaders and musicians. He was director and secretary of the Christian Herald Men's Chorus. He also served as secretary of the Eastern Mennonite Associated Libraries and of the Lancaster Mennnonite Historical Society. He also served on the Hans Herr House administration board. He is survived by his wife, Alma; three sons, Cletus of Leola, Sylvan of Bart and Merle of New Holland; three daughters, Marian (Mrs. Keith) Yoder of Leola, Marilyn (Mrs. Leonard) Kreider of Elizabethtown and Christine (Mrs. William) Rohlf, Lancaster; six grandchildren; four brothers, Elmer K. of Kenneth Square, Harold L. of East Earl, Melvin J. of Akron and Elvin of Ephrata; and a sister, Anna Mae, Rothville. — Martha K. Kauffman.
