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Port Huron Times-Herald
Friday, December 1, 1911


                          SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF
                              87 YEARS
                              
                       RICHARD CASLER WAS A WELL
                         KNOWN OLD RESIDENT OF
                              PORT HURON
                              
                      HAD LIVED HERE FOR 60 YEARS
                        COMING WHEN INHABITANTS
                               WERE FEW
                               
                      WAS MANY YEARS ONE OF THE
                        CITY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL
                             CONTRACTORS
                             
              RICHARD CASLER, one of this city's oldest
            and well know residents passed away at his
            home, 2114 Willow street, at 9 o'clock
            Thanksgiving evening after having attained
            the age of 87 years. He was the son of Mr.
            and Mrs. JOHN CASLER of Herkimer county,
            N.Y. His death follows a year's battle with
            sickness, his old age having finally resulted
            in his answer to the last call.
              MR. CASLER came to Port Huron from Canada
            about 60 years ago. There were very few in-
            habitants here at that time. For the last
            ten years he has been practically an invalid,
            but was forced to take to his bed only last
            February, following a paralytic stroke. Since
            that time he failed rapidly.
              Upon his arrival in this city, MR. CASLER
            took up the occupation of a journeyman car-
            penter, which he worked at for a number of
            years. A short time later he became one of
            Port Huron's most successful contractors, he
            having built many of this city's old resi-
            dences and business blocks. He was the con-
            tractor for St. Stephen's and Grace Episcopal
            churches, while he also superintended the
            construction of the St. Clair county jail.
              The deceased was of a retiring disposition
            and never sought public office, but served
            as a supervisor of the old fourth ward in
            the year when steps were first taken for the
            removal of the county seat from St. Clair
            to this city. His religion was broad enough
            to embrace all creeds, although he had a
            leaning toward the Baptist denomination.
              He was a member of the Masons in Lake
            St. Clair Lodge at New Baltimore in the
            year 1856. He was a lifelong member of Port
            Huron Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M. and also a
            Knight Templar. MR. CASLER'S first wife
            was MISS NANCY B. HAGERMAN, who died in
            the year 1866. Later he married MRS. FANNY
            E. BIDDLECOMB, who survives him. Besides
            the widow, two sons are left to mourn his
            death, CONRAD C. CASLER of this city and
            LAFAYETTE CASLER, of Detroit.
              The funeral of MR. CASLER will be held
            Sunday afternoon from the family residence
            on Willow street at 2 o'clock and will be
            private. In accordance with the deceased
            special wish that no flowers be evident,
            friends are requested to omit flowers.
            The funeral will be under the auspices
            of Port Huron Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 58.
            Services at the house will be read by Rev.
            Mr. Payne of the Calvary Baptist church.
            He will be laid to rest in Lakeside
            cemetery.
            
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