Rodney Cassler
December 3, 1948 ~ January 20, 2025
Rodney Cassler, age 76, passed away January 20, 2025 at Birchwood Care Center in Forest Lake, MN.
Born in 1948 in Reading, PA to the late Alice & Robert Cassler. He was a Muhlenberg High School graduate & drafted into the Army as a senior, just as he was to start a plumbing apprenticeship. Diligent & precise, much of his career was spent as a press operator.
Enjoying nature, American history, music & going fast, Rodney found hunting (especially with his father & uncles), fishing, the Civil War, the Alamo, Blues music, & racing (drag & dirt track) to be favorite pastimes.
He was married to Marie Cassler & is survived by her, sister Bonnie Cassler, daughters Tina Cassler (Courtney Chandler) & Mandy Cassler, & cousins Jayne Oakes, Jennifer Oakes & Dennis Zimmerman (also childhood biking companion).
Rodney was a good, down-to-earth man with unswerving convictions, even serving as IAM union steward for several years.A memorial celebration will be held at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family via Roberts Family Funeral Home, 555 SW Centennial Drive, Forest Lake, MN 55025.
On behalf of the Forest Lake American Legion Post 225, we give thanks for Rodney’s military service to our country in the Army.
Rest well Rodney.
Brian & Joy
Marie, Tina, Courtney, and Mandy, I am so sorry. He was a good person, and will be missed. One of the things that I’ll always remember about him were the bitty-biters. His belly laughs always made me giggle, and how red his face would get when he laughed. He had a good soul. I’ll miss him.