Independent Enterprise
Thursday, November 22, 1945
FRUITLAND MAN CRASH VICTIM
(Mrs. J. D. Deal, Fruitland, corres.)
John C. Giesler was born October 10, 1910 at Caldwell, Idaho and died as a result of injuries suffered when struck by a car while changing a tire on his own vehicle west of Caldwell Nov. 15, 1945.
While yet a small boy the family moved to Payette. Later he moved to Boise for a short time and then returned to Payette where he has since resided.
At the time of his death he was employed by the Nicholson Implement Co, of Ontario.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and held the office of Chancellor Commander Boise Lodge Ivanhoe No. 3. He was a member of the Maple Grove grange in Boise and was scout master of Troop 49 in Ontario at the time of his death. He was a man of a friendly, cheerful personality and will be greatly missed in this community.
Survivors include his wife Mildred, two sons; John Calvin Giesler, ships Cook is now stationed at Boulder, Colo., and Glenn of Fruitland; three daughters, Mrs. Doris Pollentier, Donna Lee and Joanne of Fruitland, six sisters, Mrs. Cordia Tussing, Fruitland; Mary Orcutt, Mt. Shasta, Calif., Edna Stowell, Sacramento, Calif., Cecil Elser and Margaret Foster of Los Angeles, Calif.; Anne Brown, Filer, Idaho. Relatives arriving to attend the funeral are his son Colvin of Boulder, Colo., his sister, Mrs. Anne Brown of Filer, his son-in-law, Sgt. Al Pollentier of the Marines who came by plane from Chicago; Mrs. Giesler's mother, Mrs. Winnifred Poorman of Boise, her brothers, Ed Poorman of Seattle and Harry of Boise.
Interment was at Riverside, Payette.
