OBIT: PFC Chauncy H. TRESSLER, 1944, reburial 1947, Meyersdale, Somerset County, 
PA

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CHAUNCY H. TRESSLER

  The body of Pfc. Chauncy H. Tressler, veteran of World War II, arrived in 
Meyersdale on Monday evening, Nov. 17, for funeral services and reburial in 
Union Cemetery.  His remains recently arrived in this country aboard the U.S.S. 
Joseph V. Connolly, and was escorted to Meyersdale by Russel Kohler, Jr.
  Pfc. Tressler is the second of Meyersdale's war dead to be returned home for 
burial.  He met his death in action Nov. 4, 1944, while serving with the armed 
forces in Belgium, and was originally interred in Belgian soil.
  The deceased, born in Meyersdale May 2, 1922, is survived by his mother, Mrs. 
Vena (Burley) Tressler, one brother, Conrad Tressler, West Salisbury, four 
sisters, Mrs. Mary Yoder, Mrs. Betty Deist and Mrs. Delores Beal, all of 
Meyersdale, and Mrs. Sally Lowry, Coal Run.  His father, Chauncy Tressler, World 
War I veteran, preceded him in death.
  Funeral services, including full military honors, were conducted at the Price 
Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 19, at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. H. K. 
Hilner, pastor, officiating.  Military rites were conducted by members of 
Charles E. Kelly Post No. 112, American Legion, and John C. Tressler Post No. 
3504, Veterans of Foreign Wars.  Interment was made in Union Cemetery, under the 
direction of W. C. Price and Son.

Meyersdale Republican, November 20, 1947