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Subject: Edward Daniel WESSLER (1925-2004) (obit.)
Date: 15 Feb 2005 22:20:35 -0700

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Surnames: WESSLER, KOWALSKI, WALTERS, HOY, DICKERSON, MARQUET-WESSLER, MARQUET, MATTA
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Edward Daniel Wessler

Edward Daniel Wessler of Davis died Dec. 10, 2004, from complications due to a series of strokes that began in June. He was 89.

Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St. The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 14th and B streets. Burial will be private at the Davis Cemetery.

Born Sept. 15, 1925, in Ogden, Utah, he was the youngest of five sons of Anna Kowalski and Louis Clement Wessler. His childhood was spent in the Ogden area. He moved with his family to the Boise, Idaho, area during his teen years, eventually moving in 1942 to a large farm in New Plymouth, Idaho, where he farmed with his father and worked his own farm adjacent to his father's.

He helped his parents raise a nephew, Edwin, for almost 15 years. After the death of his father in 1958, he later moved himself and his mother to Davis in 1963. He began his almost 30-year UC Davis career working in the experimental dairy. After a few years he became a UC Davis gardener, retiring about 10 years ago.

His family says he was deeply fond of music, and brought music appreciation to many young people, including UC students who boarded at his home. He and a recent UC Davis Chancellor shared love of music during their joint attendance at many local concerts.

After retirement, he traveled often and developed friends all over the world. His trips included the Vatican with his mother and many other European, Scandinavian, and U.S. trips. He often visited his goddaughter and grand niece, Valerie, and her family in France. In recent years he enjoyed traveling with Muriel Matta, his close friend.

He is survived by brother, Frank Victor Wessler, of Sacramento; his friend and companion, Muriel Matta of Davis; his many nieces and nephews, including Beverly Walters of Sixes, Ore., Carleen Wessler and Dennis Wessler of Sacramento, L. Edwin Wessler of Cupertino, Nicolette Hoy of Elk Grove and Robinette Dickerson of Colorado.

He is further survived by his grand nieces and grand nephews, Sabine Wessler of San Jose; Valerie Marquet-Wessler of Orgeval, France; Debra Wessler of Anchorage, Ala.; David and Doyle Wessler of Reno, Nev.; Jaime Walters of San Diego; Morgan and Marissa Wessler of Riverside; Jonathan Dickerson of Colorado; Kinjie Wessler of Elk Grove; great-grand nephews Matthias Marquet and Sebastien Marquet; and great-grand niece Helene Marquet, all of Orgeval, France.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Chapel.

(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," during the week of December 13, 2004, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise." (315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616) <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

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