1918-03-Improvement Era—Alonzo P. Kessler

Alonzo P. Kessler

Improvement Era, March 1918 pp. 466-467

Alonzo P. Kessler, former assistant postmaster of Salt Lake, a son-in-law of President Joseph F. Smith, and prominent for years in public activity, died in Salt Lake City, February 4, 1913, from injuries received in falling from a scaffold. Alonzo Pratt Kessler was born in Salt Lake City, January 20, 1868, and was the son of the late Bishop Frederick Kessler and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Pratt Kessler, prominent and esteemed pioneers of Utah. In association with President Nephi L. Morris of the Salt Lake Stake he filled a mission to Britain, in 1894, returning to Utah in the spring of 1896. The following year he was called to preside over the Eastern States Mission, holding that position for two years. He married Donette Smith, daughter of President Joseph F. and Mrs. Julina L. Smith. His wife and five children survive him, also six brothers and three sisters. He had recently built a beautiful home in Salt Lake City, in which a few days before his death, Tuesday, January 29, the family celebrated his fiftieth anniversary. He had many friends, and was widely known and esteemed.