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EDMUND AND KATHERYN METTLER Edmund Mettler, son of Henry and Albina Kusler Mettler, was born at Eureka, June 28, 1922. He grew up on the family farm 19 miles northeast of Eureka. He attended school in the Petersburg School District. Edmund has two brothers: Rueben of Eureka and Otto of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Edmund married Katheryn Heiser, February 2, 1947. They farmed on the family farm after Edmund's parents retired and moved to Eureka in the fall of 1947. Edmund Mettler family Katheryn Heiser was born July 26, 1926 to John and Margaretha Weller Heiser. She grew up on the farm and attended the Holzworth School nine miles south of Artas. She has two brothers: Arthur of Courtland, California who is deceased and Walter of Parkers Prairie, Minnesota; eleven sisters: Mrs. Robert (Ottilia) Horst, Selby, South Dakota who is deceased; Mrs. Gottlieb (Edna) Schaeffer, Eureka; Mrs. Rueben (Alma) Heinrich, Ipswich, South Dakota; Mrs. John (Martha) Wiedmeier, Rapid City, South Dakota; Mrs. Philip (Amanda) Mayer, Sacramento, California who is deceased; Mrs. Albert (Hilda) Stadel, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Mrs. Edwin (Anna) Bitz, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Mrs. Emil (Mathilda) Schaeffer, Herreid, South Dakota; Mrs. Harold (Ella) Bader, Appleton, Minnesota; Mrs. Marvin (Irene) Knapp, Rapid City, South Dakota; and Mrs. Merle (Elsie) Mettler, Rapid City, South Dakota. Edmund and Katheryn are the parents of two sons, Myron and Ronald. Myron is married to Pamela Fried and they live on the family farm. Myron is employed at the Ashley Co-op and also farms. They have four children: Scott, Jeanne, Sheri and Sara. Ronald lives at Lawranceville, Georgia. He is carpenter and a dry waller and owns his own business. The Mettlers still farm and are members of the Eureka Reformed Church.
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