Obituary

FRANK A. GESSLING DIED MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 8, 1997, IN MEDCENTRAL MANSFIELD HOSPITAL AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
MR. GESSLING WAS BORN AUG. 29, 1927, IN KNOX COUNTY, OHIO, RESIDING IN THE MANSFIELD AREA MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS A RETIRED WAREHOUSE MANAGER FROM THE GORMON-RUPP CO.
MR. GESSLING WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMVETS AND THE MANSFIELD LIEDERKRANZ. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY, SERVING DURING WWII.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, KATHY; A SON AND DAUGHER IN LAW, JEFF & MARTHA GESSLING OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL; TWO DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LAW; CINDY & GARY ROSEBERRY AND SHERRY & DALE RIGGENBACH, ALL OF ONTARIO; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, RYAN ROSEBERRY, CHAD FISHER, AND KORIANN RIGGENBACH; FOUR SISTERS AND A BROTHER IN LAW, LEORA & CONRAD ZODY OF PERRYSVILLE, OH. MARIAN EDGAR OF ONTARIO, DONNA YANOSHEK OF COLUMBUS AND JEAN HOLT OF BRINKHAVEN, OHIO; A BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW, MAURICE AND INEZ GESSLING OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.