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Vincent Earl Messler
Date of Death: April 16, 2013
Date of Birth: June 22, 1928
Biography:
Brunswick –
Vincent Earle Messler died peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Mid Coast
Hospital. He was the beloved husband of 52 years of Elizabeth Seidel Messler.
Born in
Mount Vernon, NY, in 1928, he was the son of Charles C. Messler and Elizabeth
O’Neill Messler. He graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and Providence
College. After serving four years in the United States Coast Guard, he attended
the University of Michigan for certification in Health Care Economics.
He joined
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of CT, where he became the Director of Cost
Containment and Utilization Review of the delivery of health care, both
institutional and professional, throughout the state. He developed the first contractual
benefit for Hospice Care with the Medicare Program. He served on the Board of Directors of South
Central Health Systems Agency; the Society to Prevent Blindness; and the CT
Public Health Association. He was a member of the CT Hospital Association and
the Advisory Group of the Hartford County Healthcare Plan. He was a member of the
University Glee Club of New Haven for 20 years.
Retiring and
moving to Bath, ME, in 1985, he established the Packard House Bed and Breakfast
in Bath with his wife Elizabeth. He was active in the Bath Area Chamber of
Commerce and served as its president for two years; was a member of the Board
of Elmhurst, Inc. for 20 years; and had continued to serve on the Board of Mid
Coast Hospital.
He was
predeceased by a sister, Gertrude M. Wood, and a brother, Charles C. Messler.
Surviving in addition to his wife are their four children and three spouses:
John C. Messler and Patricia of Durham, NH; Elizabeth A. Messler and Nitza
Jimenez of West Haven, CT; Alice M. Reiniger and Timothy of Richmond, VA; and
Joseph P. Messler of Rockwall, TX; also five grandchildren: Carol, Katherine,
and Sara Messler of NH, and Charles and Robert Reiniger of VA; and many loving
relatives.
A Memorial
Celebration will be held on Friday, June 21, 2013, at 11:a.m., at St.
Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Yarmouth, ME.
In lieu of
flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Elmhurst, Inc., 197 Centre Street, Bath,
ME 04530; or Mid Coast Hospital, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, ME 04011.