STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901, pg. 1, col. 8

LYDIA (EGOLF) BRESSLER, 11 Aug 1827 - 29 Mar 1901

   Lydia Egolf was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 11, 
1827.  She went with her parents to Whitley county, Indiana, 
when the deceased was about eight years of age.  May 18, 1848, 
she was married to Henry Bressler.  In the Spring of 1887 they 
went to Portland, Oregon, where they lived five years.  In 
1892 they came to Angola and have made their home with their 
son Silas since that time.  To this union were born eight 
children.  Four died in infancy, and one departed this life 
about three years ago.  Three sons and a husband survive her, 
Perry and John Bressler, who are in Oregon, and Silas of 
Angola.  She was a member of the Evangelical church of 
Waterloo, and will always be remembered as a good wife, a 
loving christian mother and a good neighbor.  She died March 
29, 1901, at the home of her son, Silas Bressler, who has made 
a good home for his aged parents and been a dutiful son to 
them.  Burial at Circle Hill.  Funeral services were held at 
the Methodist church Sunday afternoon.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, page 200, lists only the son, Silas G. 
Bressler, 04 May 1859 - 28 Jul 1940 who married Grace 
Elizabeth (Webb) Bressler, 02 Jun 1868 - 04 Aug 1945.  They 
are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, 
Indiana.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net