- Date Of Birth: January 4, 1932
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2016
- State: Connecticut
John Henry Gastler, long-time resident of Portland, CT and Sun City Center, FL, died Saturday, January 9 after a short illness, just 5 days after his 84th birthday. Born on January 4, 1932, he was the son of the late John Burton Gastler and Alice Coe was a child of the Depression, raised on a family farm in Durham, CT. As such, he learned the importance of family, and of doing much with little, traits that followed him throughout his life. Mr. Gastler graduated from Durham High School in 1949 and from Connecticut State Teachers College (now Central Connecticut State University) in 1953 with a degree in mathematics. He was employed as an aeronautical engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, and as an air/water/soil quality engineer with the CT State Dept. of Transportation, Northeast Utilities and GZA Environmental Consultants. He retired in 1992. Mr. Gastler was active in the community. He was a volunteer firefighter in Avon, CT and was active in Republican Party politics at the local, state and national levels, including a run for Portland Town Selectman.
