Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Hesselgesser, Delmar Wesley July 25, 2010
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The Dayton Daily News
HESSELGESSER, Delmar W., 89, of Dayton, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 
25, 2010, in the home of his son, John, in Centerville. Prior to moving to 
Dayton in 1992, Delmar was a long-time resident of Urbana. He was born August 
12, 1920 in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio, to Retta and Chester 
Hesselgesser. He graduated from Concord High School, Moores Business College 
(Urbana) and Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware). Delmar served with the U.S. 
Army 28th Infantry. In November 1944 he was awarded the Purple Heart following 
enemy engagement in Germany. After his discharge from the service, Delmar 
worked for the Oliver Farm Equipment Company in Springfield and the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Urbana. In 1954 he took a position with the 
Urbana Post Office where he worked until his retirement in 1982. The most 
enjoyable of these years were his final seventeen, spent outdoors as a mail 
carrier for the same route in the south end of town, making many friends among 
the customers he served. In his retirement, Delmar's volunteer work with Mercy 
Memorial Hospital included performing clerical duties, driving patients to 
medical appointments and delivering Meals on Wheels. With training in the 
Laubach literacy course, he and Sarah greatly enjoyed teaching adults to read. 
When their church adopted a Vietnamese family, Delmar spent many hours in his 
home helping them to read and speak English. He was active for many years in 
the Urbana United Methodist Church choir, later becoming a member of the 
Belmont United Methodist Church, Dayton. Left to cherish his memory is his 
sister Jean (Tom) Comer; sons Mark (Drinda) Hesselgesser and John (Susan) 
Hesselgesser; granddaughters Brooke Hesselgesser, Ellyn (Greg) Case and Lauren 
(Joseph) Schippers; nephew Don (Carol) Comer; grand-nephews Daniel and Matthew 
Comer; and niece Brenda Richendollar. Delmar is preceded in death by his wife 
of 62 years, Sarah (Showers) Hesselgesser, and his sister, Irene E. 
Hesselgesser.  Burial will follow in Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana. 


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