Elizabeth Baldridge Stevenson and Edward Biffer Roessler

EDWARD BIFFER ROESSLER was born August 28, 1902 in Redlands, San Bernardino, California,⁴⁵⁶ and died July 12, 1993 in Sacramento County, California.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Davis Cemetery, Yolo County, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married ELIZABETH BALDRIDGE STEVENSON on August 1, 1931 in Piedmont, Alameda, California,^{7635, 7540} daughter of HELEN LOUISE BALDRIDGE and LLOYD ADAIR STEVENSON. She was born October 3, 1908 in San Diego County, California,¹⁰⁰ and died January 25, 1944 in Sacramento County, California.²⁵⁰

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Children of ELIZABETH BALDRIDGE STEVENSON and EDWARD BIFFER ROESSLER:

1. Son
2. Son
3. Daughter

Edward B. Roessler

• was a mathematics professor and administrator at the University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley⁷⁶³⁸
• was a member of the Rotary Club⁷⁶³⁸
• was a member of the Davis Community Church. ⁷⁶³⁸

Oakland Tribune, August 1, 1931⁷⁶³⁵

Elizabeth Baldridge Stevenson Becomes Bride Of Edward B. Roessler at Home Service

At the home of her mother, Mrs. Lloyd A. Stevenson, on Magnolia avenue, Piedmont, at four o'clock this afternoon, Miss Elizabeth Baldridge Stevenson became the bride of Mr. Edward B. Roessler of Berkeley in the presence of nearly one hundred guests. The living room of the home was the scene of the nuptials. At one end an improvised altar was erected before the fireplace. Cathedral candles and a profusion of pink roses, delphinium and pink sweet pears were effectively arranged as a background for the nuptials. Forming an aisle for the bridal party were standards supporting bowls filled with the summer blossoms.

Rev. C. D. Milliken of Piedmont was the officiating clergyman.

Mr. Charles Baldridge of Los Angeles, uncle of the bride, gave his niece in marriage. The bride wore a gown of white sating, the gown designed with long close-fitting sleeves and a V-shaped neckline. It was made en train and over it was draped a veil of tulle and a second veil of lace, an heirloom in the family. Lilies-of-the-valley, gardenias and bouvardia comprised the bridal bouquet.

The bride was attended by Miss Avice Saint of Piedmont, who was gowned in pink lace and wore a small hat to match of deeper pink velvet. She carried roses, sweet peas and delphinium.

Joan Howell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Howell, of San Diego, was flower maiden.

Mr. George Simonds was best man and the ushers Messrs. Chabot Dieckmann, Allan Gillmore, Wintford Saint and David Stevenson, brother of the bride.

The wedding march was played by Miss Beatrice Colton of Paris.

Mr. and Mrs. Roessler will motor to Vancouver and Victoria, B. C., on their wedding trip and on their return will live in Berkeley.

The bride was graduated from the University of California and is a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. She is a daughter of the late Mr. Lloyd A. Stevenson of of Mrs. Stevenson of Piedmont.

Mr. Roessler is an architect and received his degree from the University of California. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Roessler of Warring street, Berkeley.

Oakland Tribune, January 29, 1944⁷⁶³⁶

Final Rites Held For Mrs. Roessler

BERKELEY, Jan. 29.—Last rites were conducted in Sacramento, Thursday for Mrs. Elizabeth B. Stevenson Roessler, 35, wife of Edward B. Roessler, associate professor of mathematics, University of California, who succumbed in a Sacramento hospital after a short illness of pneumonia.

A graduate of Piedmont High School, Mrs. Roessler was medalist of the University of California class of 1920, and received a master of arts degree in zoology on the Berkeley campus in 1935. She was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Roessler is survived by three children, Bruce, Karl and Jean Elizabeth, as well as her mother, Mrs. Frank L. Lawrence, and a brother, David L. Stevenson, of Berkeley.

Sacramento Bee, July 14, 1993⁷⁶³⁸

Edward B. Roessler

Ex-UCD professor, administrator

A memorial service for Edward B. Roessler, a retired mathematics professor and administrator at the University of California, Davis, and a former Davis city councilman and assessor, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Davis Community Church, 412 C St., Davis.

He died of heart failure Monday in a Sacramento hospital at age 90.

Dr. Roessler was associated with the University of California for 60 years, starting with the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1929 and a short time later transfering to the Davis campus.

While at Davis, he chaired the mathematics department, served as dean of the College of Letters and Science, and was a director and university dean of the state-wide University Extension program.

Although he retried in 1970, Dr. Roessler continued teaching on a part-time basis until 1989. His commitment to the college was honored in 1972 with the naming of the campus' newest physics building as Roessler Hall.

Dr. Roessler authored or co-authored several textbooks. His interest in wine lead to his collaboration on "Wines: Their Sensory Evaluation," which was first published in 1976, was revised and enlarged in 1983 and 1985, and received the Enology Prize from France's International Office of the Vineyard and the Wine.

His involvement in the Davis community included serving as city assessor and on the Planning Commission and City Council during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He also was active with the Davis Rotary Club, serving as a district governor for Rotary International District No. 516, and was an elder at the Davis Community Church.

Born in Redlands, San Bernardino County, and raised in Hollywood, he earned a doctorate degree in mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Dr. Roessler is survived by his wife, Joan; children, Jean Long of Morgan Hill and Bruce Roessler of Vacaville; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth; and a son, Karl.

The family requests that any remembrances be made to the Edward B. Roessler Memorial Fund at the church.