Otto H. Mettler

1918 - 2000  (82 years)

• Name	Otto H. Mettler
  Born	17 Feb 1918	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Sep 2000	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Buried	28 Sep 2000	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I104266	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Valentine Mettler,   b. 4 Jun 1890, Odessa Township, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 15 Jun 1951, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Albina Kusler,   b. 31 Aug 1896, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 6 Nov 1974, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1914	South Dakota, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F24100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erma A. Schmitt
  Children	1. Margie Mettler   2. Patricia Mettler   3. Gerald Mettler
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F46009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Otto H. Mettler SSN: 504-09-4812 Last Residence: 57105 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States of America Born: 17 Feb 1918 Died: 26 Sep 2000 State (Year) SSN issued: South Dakota (Before 1951) [S927] Obituary. Otto H. Mettler Sioux Falls -- Otto H. Mettler, 82, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Eureka, Long Lake and Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000, at his home. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Grace Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Sunset Memorial Gardens at Aberdeen. George Boom Funeral Home of Sioux Falls is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family will be present from 7 to 8 tonight. Otto Henry Mettler was born Feb. 17, 1918, to Henry V. and Albina (Kusler) Mettler on a farm near Eureka. He grew up and received his education in country schools near Eureka. He married Erma A. Schmitt on Oct. 6, 1940, in Long Lake. They farmed near Eureka until 1945, when they purchased the Long Lake Recreation Parlor. They operated their business until 1953, when they moved to Aberdeen. He worked as an over-the-road truck driver for Nash-Finch. After a disabling injury in 1974, he retired from Nash-Finch. In 1975, he moved to Sioux Falls. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls and was a former member of the Elks Lodge and the Moose Lodge in Aberdeen. In earlier years he was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. Survivors include his wife of Sioux Falls; two daughters, Margie (Russell) Thompson of Sioux Falls, and Patricia (Konney Larwood) Mettler of Omaha, Neb.; one son, Gerald (Diana) Mettler of Canton; one brother, Rueben Mettler of Eureka; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949. Name: Henry V Mettler Age: 23 Gender: Male Spouse: Albina Kusler Marriage Date: 27 Mar 1914 Marriage County: McPherson County of Residence: McPherson Post Office: Eureka