Obituary

  Funeral services for Fred C. Roettler, 94, one of the oldest member of the Viola Community, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 17, at St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Viola. The Rev. John Morrrissey, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in St. John's Cemetery at Viola.
  Prayer services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Crummy Funeral Home and the Rosary was recited at 8 p.m., tonight, Wednesday, at Crummy's.
  Mr. Roettler, who was a retired farmer, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Mercer County Hospital, where he had been a patient for six days.
  He was born Dec. 28, 1874, on a farm northwest of Viola and a son of Jacob and Mary Andrews Roettler, and received his education in Gilchrist schools. He lived on the family farm until 1944 when he moved into Viola. He never married.
  Mr. Roettler was a charter member of Farmer's Grain and Supply Co. in Viola, and served as a director for 34 years. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Viola.
  For the past several years, Mr. Roettler had resided with a nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mack.
  Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Emma Jordan of Viola and several nephews and nieces.
  He was preceded in death by his parents and six sisters.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, April 16, 1969)