Mayor Robert G. Schreffler, 1960s

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Robert Grant Schreffler served on the City Council for two years before being elected Mayor of Coralville for the 1964-1965 term. His term was cut tragically short; during a Council meeting on April 21, 1964, Mayor Schreffler suffered a fatal heart attack.

Schreffler was born on November 6, 1906 to William Henry and Daisy (Bartholomew) Schreffler in Marion, Ohio. In 1942, he and Gretchen Neumann had a June wedding. They had two daughters: Nancy and Lynda, Schreffler was a licensed chiropractor. He and his wife ran a practice in Iowa City on Gilbert Street (Lovetinsky et al., p. 80).

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Coralville Public Library. Coralville Digital History Library.

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1960s

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Coralville, Iowa

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“Mayor Robert G. Schreffler, 1960s,” Coralville Digital History Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://coralvilledigitalhistory.omeka.net/items/show/107.

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