SCHINDLER, John: Died 1968

SCHINDLER, TSCHANTZ, BELL, WHIRRETT, HOCKERSMITH

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Date: 4/5/2021 at 00:19:36

Schindler dies suddenly; rites set for Thursday

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pulaski Mennonite Church for John Schindler, 68, who died suddenly at 11:30 a.m. Monday.

The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. William Halstead with burial in the Sunnyside Cemetery at Milton. The Wellborn Funeral Home of Milton is in charge of arrangements.

He died at the Dick Hyde farm where he had gone to get a load of oats. He had scooped only for a short time when he suffered an apparent heart attack. He was found in the oats bin by Mrs. Hyde.

He was born Aug. 19, 1900 to Fred and Mary Tschantz Schindler. He lived south of Pulaski and was a member of the Pulaski Mennonite Church.

On Aug. 15, 1948, he married Harriet Bell, who survives.

Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma Whirrett of Bloomfield and Mrs. C.C. Hockersmith of Columbia, Mo.; and two brothers, D.P. Schindler of Albia and A.W. Schindler of College Park, Md.

Source: "The Hazel Stanford Obituary Collection", Pg. 167, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA