DANIEL STRUBLER
Past Master 1879
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Daniel Strubler was born September 15, 1837 in Naperville, Cook County, Illinois the son of George Strubler Sr. and Salome Stucker. He received a common school education and at the age of seventeen apprenticed to the blacksmiths trade. He married Mary Krimbill July 14, 1859 and they had one child who died in infancy. They adopted Lorena Krimbill, a niece of Mrs. Strubler, and raised her as their own.

He opened his first blacksmith shop in April, 1858, with Samuel E. Shimp as his partner. He was a first-class mechanic and in 1866 was awarded the First Premium by the DuPage County Agricultural and Mechanical Association for horseshoes finished with a hammer. He went into business with Joseph Hiltenbrand in the carriage building business in 1872. Daniel served as a Naperville Village Trustee in 1879.

He was raised a Master Mason January 14, 1868 in Euclid Lodge. He was Master of the Lodge in 1879 and served as Junior Deacon in 1869, Senior Deacon in 1871, Junior Warden in 1874 and 1876, Senior Warden in 1877 and Treasurer 1883 to 1889.

He died November 29, 1912 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois and was buried in the Naperville Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at Grace United Evangelical Church by Reverend L. C. Schmidt and at the cemetery by members of Euclid Lodge. The Strubler home still stands on South Washington Street.