Blair William “Bill” Tressler, Jr., 58, of Lumberton, died Thursday, August 4, 2005 at Dubuis Hospital.
A native of Confluence, Pennsylvania, he had been a resident of Lumberton for thirty-five years. Bill was an electrician for Induatrial Electrical and a United States Army veteran serving in Vietnam.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Tressler of Lumberton; mother, Roberta Tressler of Confluence, Pennsylvania; sons, Blair William Tressler, III and his wife Stephanie of Fred and Jason Lloyd Tressler of Erath, Louisiana; step-sons, Stephen Louis Wilson of Houston and Joel Mark Laningham of Lumberton; daughters, Brandi Elam of Dufeniak Springs, Florida and Traci Tressler of Erath, Louisiana; step-daughters, Sarah Beth Townsley and her husband Thomas of Moss Bluff, Louisiana, Rachel Cathleen Belair and her husband Shane, Celia Rebecca Garcia and her husband Charles Daigle of Beaumont and Amy Maria McNeil and her husband John of Baytown; fifteen grandchildren; brothers, Mark Tressler and his wife Gloria of Houston and Allen Tressler and his wife Karen of Wyoming; sisters, Karen Ohler and her husband Leon of Rock Springs, Pennsylvania, Sue Wilson of Wyoming, Paula Draheim of New Jersey; and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 5144, Beaumont, Texas 77726.