EVERETT G. TRISLER, 85

Everett G. Trisler, 85, of Fremont, died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, at his home.

Funeral services were Nov. 17 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bennington, with interment in the Ridge Cemetery at Fremont.

Everett George Trisler was born Dec. 16, 1917, on a farm near Weldon, Iowa, to Jacob and Minnie (Weidenhaft) Trisler. He lived in several towns in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska while growing up.

He lived in Fairbury, where he worked for his uncle in the truck farming business and picked corn by hand at Tarkio, Mo., during harvest. He worked for a short time for the Union Pacific Railroad, running a spike puller from Steele City to Powell. He later worked for McLucas Lumber Co. at Fairbury and for a natural gas company.

In 1942, he began employment with Farmers Union Coop Creamery, where he was head butter maker for a number of years. He transferred to Fremont in 1959 and was superintendent until moving to Norfolk in 1969, where he was a mechanic for 13 years. He retired in 1982 from Mid-American Dairymen, ending his 40-year career in the dairy business, and returned to Fremont.

Mr. Trisler was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bennington, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 200 of Fremont.

On March 26, 1941, he married Anna Marie Kuck at Washington, Kan. She died in 1988. On Jan. 20, 1990, he married Erma L. (Schmidt) Ubbelohde at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bennington.

In addition to his wife, Erma, he is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Marvin and Colleen Trisler of Falconer, N. Y.; daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Neal Jackson of Tekamah, Brenda and William Kremlacek of Wahoo, and Marilyn and Dennis Bannister of Valley; sisters and brother-in-law, Hulda Gillette of Klamath Falls, Ore., and Ethel and Roy Hinrichs of Preston, Idaho; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his first wife, Anna, he was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin.

Memorials are suggested to St. John’s Lutheran Church or the donor’s choice.

Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont was in charge of arrangements.