Major, Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army
Dr. Resner was born July 22, 1865, in Russia, but was of German descent. He came to America with his parents in 1876, locating at Scotland, South Dakota, and remained there until he had reached his manhood. He was married to Miss Lydia Schaerer at Crete, Nebraska, in 1889, and after securing his degree of medical doctor at the University of Iowa, he and his family came to Montana in 1910, locating on a homestead a short distance southwest of Ronan, Montana.
Before coming to Montana, Dr. Resner practiced his profession for a number of years at Manning, Iowa, and when he located in Montana decided to confine himself to the farming industry, but as physicians were scarce at that time, later decided to open an office in the town of Ronan, this move being made in 1913, and acted in that capacity until his death.
The wife of Dr. Resner died on June 9, 1935.
Survivors of his immediate family include four sons: Herbert of Seattle; Carl and Roy, farmers living near here; and Harold R., a resident of Ronan.
The deceased was a member of Ronan Lodge No. 131, A.F. & A.M., the Chapter of Knights Templar at Polson, World War Veterans, and the Big Flat Pioneers, the latter being an organization of old-time settlers in the Flathead Valley. At the time of his death, he held the rank of a Major in the Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Shrider Brothers Mortuary of Ronan and the hour of services has been announced as 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Masonic temple in Ronan, the Masons of the city to conduct the last rites. Interment will be made in the Ronan Cemetery alongside the body of his wife.
All business houses in the city have been requested and have
agreed to close during the funeral hour which will be from 2 to 3 o'clock.
Ronan Pioneer, Ronan, Montana, February 29, 1940
In Manning, Iowa, where he practiced fifteen years, and at Ronan, where he has had his home since 1910, Dr. Resner has always enjoyed exceptional standing and success as a physician and surgeon. Special interest is added to his professional standing by reason of his service with the rank of Captain in the Medical Reserve Corps during the late war. One of his sons, Harold, was also a soldier, an aviator, and saw hard and strenuous duty on the battle front in France.
Doctor Resner has been an American resident since he was fourteen years of age. He was born at Plotzka, Russia, July 22, 1865.
His father, Andrew Resner, was born in the same locality in 1839. He had a small farm
which he cultivated, and also served at one time as chief of police at Plotzka. After the death of his first wife he came to the United States, became a farm owner at
Scotland, South Dakota, and in 1907 moved to Gascoyne, North Dakota, where he still owns a farm and at the age of eighty retains much of his strength and
takes an active interest in his work and his home community. He is a Republican and member of the Congregational Church.
His first wife was Caroline Lyer, who spent all her life in Russia. She was the mother of two sons: Jacob P., manager of the
Masonic Temple at Yankton, South Dakota; and Dr. Andrew Karl.
For his second wife Andrew Resner married Margaret Stortz. They have four children: Mary, wife of Ludwig Hoffman, a farmer at Gascoyne,
North Dakota; Nathaniel, John, and Emanuel, all farmers at Gascoyne.
Doctor Resner attended the public schools of his native country to the age of fourteen. As a boy, on his father's homestead in South Dakota,
he attended rural schools for two years, and in 1886 graduated from the German Seminary at Crete, Nebraska.
Doctor Resner first prepared himself for the ministry, and is a graduate of the Chicago Theological Seminary. He received his degree from
that institution in 1889. Later he abandoned the ministerial calling, and in preparation for medicine attended the University of Iowa at Iowa City,
where he was graduated M.D. in 1895. The same year he began practice at Manning, Iowa, and during the fifteen years of his busy work as a
physician there he was also president of the Board of Education.
On January 25, 1917, Doctor Resner was commissioned at Helena, Montana, with the rank of First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps.
He was called to active duty on June 1, 1918, was first at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, spent two months with the Twenty-first Regiment at
Taliaferro Camp at San Diego, California, then accompanied the Twenty-first of Camp Kearney, and became regimental surgeon of the Eighty-first Regiment,
organizing its medical service. He continued with the Eighty-first until after the signing of the Armistice. His next duty was as post surgeon of the Remount
Station at Camp Kearney, and he remained there until the date of his honorable discharge on May 20, 1919.
Doctor Resner is still a Captain in the Medical
Reserve Corps, with a reserve commission valid for five years, subject to call by the Government. He is a member of the Missoula County and State
Medical Societies, also the American Medical Association, is a Republican, and is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of
America, and a former member of the Odd Fellows.
Besides her husband, she leaves four sons, Herbert of Seattle; Ray, Carl, and Harold of Ronan, who were at the bedside when she passed away. Also a brother, Ben Schaerer, of Roseberg, Oregon, and a sister, Mrs. Zumstein, of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The body is at the Retz Chapel at Poison. The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church here Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Ashworth will officiate. Burial will take place in the Ronan Cemetery and the Eastern Star will have charge of the services at the grave.
Dr. and Mrs. Resner came to Ronan in 1910 and have made
their home here where Dr. Renner has practiced his profession. Mrs. Resner was
active in civic and religious affairs of the community. She was a past matron
of the Eastern Star, Chaplain of the Auxiliary of the American Legion, and
active member of both the Ladies' Aid Society of the M.E. Church, and Ronan
Woman's Club. She was librarian of the Ronan library and until recently was an assistant in the Ronan post office.
Daily Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, June 11, 1935
RITES HELD FOR MRS. A.K. RESNER
Ronan Business Houses Closed During Funeral of Matron
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs. A.K. Resner, prominent pioneer
matron of Ronan, who died last Sunday after a brief illness. All business
houses were closed during the services, which were conducted by the Rev. Joseph
Ashworth at the Methodist Church. The church and annex were crowded with
friends. The Eastern Star conducted its ritual at the grave in the Ronan Cemetery.
Mrs. Resner, a native of Sherrill Iowa, was married in Crete, Nebraska, in
1890. Dr. and Mrs. Resner came to Ronan in 1910 and has resided here since. She
was active in civic and religious affairs, was past matron of the Eastern Star,
Chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary and a member of the Ronan Woman's Club
and of the Methodist Ladies' Aid. She served as librarian for the local library.
She is survived by her husband, four sons, Herbert of Seattle and Ray, Carl,
and Harold Resner of Ronan; a brother, Ben Schaerer of Romberg, Oregon, and a
sister, Mrs. Zumstein of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Montana Standard, Butte, Montana, June 16, 1935
Andrew K. Resner died February 27, 1940, age 74, Lake County, Montana; Lydia Resner died June 9, 1935, age 65, Lake County; Carl B., son, died November 18, 1964, age 71, Lake County; Roy J. Resner died June 10, 1941, age 48, Lake County; Harold Robert Resner died December 8, 1977, San Diego, California - also two immediate family members including Pearl Blanche and Robert L.; Herbert Resner died May 15, 1962, Los Angeles.