Ressler, Maynard B. (d. 2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Jul 15 p. 8

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MAYNARD B. RESSLER

Maynard B. Ressler died May 6, 2002, at his home in Plainview, Texas. He was born in Orrville, Ohio, to Milo and Anna Burckhart Ressler.

He farmed in the Wadsworth, Ohio, area until 1952, when he became a helper in a mission outpost in Fairpoint. He then became a superintendent of a church south of Newcomerstown and served as lay preacher for two years. In 1956 he was ordained as pastor of Flat Ridge Mennonite Mission in Newcomerstown, where he remained until 1963, when he moved Harrisonburg, Va., to further his education.

In 1966 he was asked to pastor the Chippewa Mennonite Mission in Powell, where he stayed for the next 19 years. He served as chaplain of the York Rescue Mission in York, Pa.,for more than 11 years before retiring due to ill health.

He married Edna Martin in 1946. She died June 24, 1999. He married Fannie Marie Miller Stoltzfus on Sept. 15, 2001, in Tijeras, N.M.

Survivors include his wife, Fannie; four sons, Everett Ressler of Geneva, Switzerland; Dale Ressler of Lancaster; Lawrence Ressler of North Chili, N.Y., and Wilbur Ressler of Berkley, Calif.; three daughters, Wilma Wood of Fort Thompson, S.D.; Wanda Turner of Westerville; and Twila Ressler of Verona, Va.; five stepsons, Jerry Stoltzfus of Quakertown, Pa., Jeff Stoltzfus of Narvon, Pa., Jon and Jay Stoltzfus of Tijeras, N.M., and Joel Stoltzfus of Las Cruces, N.M.; a stepdaughter, Julie Brashear of Plainview, Texas; a sister, Kathyrn Horst of Olive Hill, Tenn.; 18 grandchildren, six foster grandchildren; 15 step-grandchildren, and three step-great grandchildren.