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Fred Schuler

Posted 2008-11-15 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
December 8, 1961

Rites In Wenden For Fred Schuler

Funeral services for Fred Schuler, prominent resident of Salome, were held in the LDS Church in Wenden last Tuesday afternoon with Mel Hancock of Wenden officiating.

Members of the Elks Lodge of Parker had charges of graveside rites in the Wenden Cemetery.

Mr. Schuler was stricken while in a cotton field of his farm at 5:30 p. m. Friday of last week and died suddenly.

Born in Chickasha, Okla., December 24, 1902, Mr. Schuler came to Arizona in 1929 and engaged in construction work before settling in Salome in 1939. In 1951 he was credited with drilling the first irrigation well in the Salome area which paved the way for the agricultural development of that area. He owned a garage, restaurant, service station and farm.

When the community purchased the Wickenburg Hospital from Dr. Floyd Bralliar 15 years ago, Mrs. Schuler helped raise funds for the purchase and served as director of the hospital for a number of years.

He was president of the Salome Lions club when that organization observed the first Dick Wick hall Day 16 years ago.

Survivors included the widow, Eva; three brothers, Charles of Petersburg, Texas; Joe, his twin of Lubbock, Texas; and Red of Seminole, Texas; and one sister, Mrs. Anna Mae Hicks of Lubbock, Texas.




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