Person Sheet


Name Walter E. Gugler
Birth abt Jun 1886, NE, USA
Birth abt 1885, NE, USA
Birth abt 1886, NE, USA
Birth abt 1886, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
Birth abt 1887, NE, USA
Death 13 Mar 1961, Independence, MO, USA
Burial 17 Mar 1961, Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
*New [OCCU] abt 1910, Engineer at U.P.R.R., Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA, USA
*New [OCCU] abt 1900, At School
*New [OCCU] abt 1910, Engineer, Railroad
*New [OCCU] abt 1920, Loco Engineer, Railroad
*New [OCCU] abt 1930, Locomotive Engineer, Steam Railroad
Father Otto Edward Gugler (1845-1913)
Mother Marie D. Elsasser (1860-1931)
Spouses
1 Maude B. Ivey
Birth abt 1885, IL, USA
Birth abt 1885, IL, USA
Birth abt 1885, IL, USA
Birth abt 1886, IL, USA
Death 12 Oct 1955, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
Burial Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
*New [OCCU] abt 1910, None
*New [OCCU] abt 1920, None
*New [OCCU] abt 1930, None
Marriage 2 Jul 1907, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
Children Harold W. (~1906-1961)
June M. (1910-1980)
Lester E. (1912-1992)
Donald Wesley (1915-1986)
Notes for Walter E. Gugler
Entry Date: April 1998
Source: Obituary from The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
Wednesday, March 15, 1961

Gugler, Walter E., age 74 years, former resident of 3544 5th Ave., Council Bluffs, Monday, retired engineer for Union Pacific Railroad. Survived by daughter, Miss June Gugler, Birmingham, MI; sons Harold, Donald W., both of Columbus, OH, Lester, Mount Vernon, IA; brother Herman, Omaha; 6 grandchildren.

Services Friday, 2pm at the Meyer Chapel at Council Bluffs. Graveside Masonic Rites at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Council Bluffs.

Meyer Funeral Home
545 Willow Ave.
322-0293


Entry Date: April 1998
Source: Article from The Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil Newspaper, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
Wednesday, March 15, 1961

Funerals
Walter E. Gugler

Funeral services for Walter E. Gugler, 74, formerly of Council Bluffs, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meyer Chapel. The Rev. Antonio Ramirez, pastor of Westminster United Presbyterian Church, will officiate.

Excelsior Lodge 259, AF & AM, will conduct graveside services at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Gugler died Monday at an Independence hospital following a lengthy illness.

Survivors not previously reported include: a brother, Herman of Omaha.

The family suggest memorials may be made to the Westminster Church.


Entry Date: April 1998
Source: Obituary from The Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil Newspaper, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
Wednesday, March 15, 1961

Masonic Rites

Gugler, Walter E., 74, former resident of 3544 5th Ave., passed away March 13th. Retired Engineer for Union Pacific Railroad, he was former Park Board member, also a former Alderman.

Services Friday 2 p. m. at the Meyer Chapel, the Rev. Antonio Ramirez, Pastor of Westminster United Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Excelsior Lodge No. 259 AF & AM, will conduct graveside Masonic rites at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Westminster Church.

Meyer Funeral Home


Entry Date: April 1998
Source: Article from The Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil Newspaper, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA, USA
Tuesday, March 14, 1961

Obituaries
Ex-Councilman
Gugler Is Dead

Had Been Sick
For Long Time

Walter E. Gugler, 74, former Council Bluffs city councilman and park commissioner, died Monday at an Independence hospital after a long illness.

He retired in 1956 after 54 years with the Union Pacific Railroad. Born in Omaha, Gugler moved to Council Bluffs as a young man and began working for the Union Pacific in 1902.

He started as a hostler's helper, advanced to fireman soon after and became an engineer in 1910.

On Park Board 12 Years
A Republican, he represented the old Fifth Ward on the council for three two-year terms, beginning in 1929. He bowed out of politics here in 1951 after 12 years on the Park Board.

He was a member of Excelsior Lodge 259, AF & AM, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employees, Unit 30.

Survivors include: daughter, Miss June Gugler of Birmingham, Mich.; three sons, Donald W. and Harold of Columbus, Ohio, and Lester of Mount Vernon, and eight grandchildren.

Meyer Funeral Home is in charge.


Entry Date: February 1999
Source: Article from The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
December 20, 1952

Union Pacific Honors 50-Year Employees

Four centuries of railroad service were honored Friday night at the annual Christmas party of Union Pacific Old Timers' Club No. 3 in the Paxton Hotel. Gold 50-year pins were awarded to four U.P. employees. Friday's snow and sleet prevented four others from attending. Left to right were Virgil I. Cooper, Thomas J. Horan, Walter E. Gugler aid (sp) F. P. Hollenbeck, all 50-year employees; A. J. Seitz, U.P. executive vice-president, and A. G. Sims, president of the Old Timers' Clubs executive committee. Mr. Seitz made the awards. Not pictured are Charles A. Weber, A. R. Mullens, William Von Kroge, Jr., and W. B. Jones. Mr. Hollenbeck and Mr. Jones are from Columbus, Neb., the others are from Omaha and Council Bluff


Entry Date: January 1999
Source: Article from The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper, Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA
October 21, 1951

Walter Gugler, 3544 Fifth Avenue, railroad employe (sp) who asserts his "efforts" as Park Board chairman are indicative of his "interest in the city's parks."
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