Valley eCHo - Arizona Swiss Society

CLUB NEWS
SUNSHINE COMMITTEE
Elsbeth Haechler—Cornelia Herzer—Yvonne Zaugg
480-945-0935 602-788-0496 480-816-1122
Please call any of these ladies should you have any news about a member’s illness etc.
Rudy Strasser
Rudy died on December 4, 2008. He was born in Bern, Switzer-
land on August 6, 1924. He is survived by his wife of 48 years,
Mary.
Rudy had a degree in butchering-sausage making, and he had a
dream of owning a restaurant with a butcher shop. In 1953 he
immigrated to Canada and the CPR Canadian National Railroad
hired him as a meat specialist to work at the Hotel Royal in Toronto.
After the season he worked at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria
in New York, followed with working in Reno, Nevada at
Eugene’s Restaurant. It was there that he met Louis German in 1958. They formed a partnership
and moved to Scottsdale to start a French restaurant and named it “Chez Louis”. It was an in-
stant success.
Rudy was a man of action in the work place and in sports, and he was a fanatical alpine skier. In
1961 he married Mary Hofer, a family friend, also from Bern. They bought a house in Paradise
Valley built by Berny Young, and Rudy, with his gardening talents, turned his acre into a botani-
cal garden which he and Mary enjoyed for many years.
A private memorial service was held at the Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley.
Anita Bernice Chevallier
Anita Bernice Chevallier was born May 31, 1921 in Allentown, PA., and she went to her
heavenly rest on December 17, 2008. Her husband Frank Chevallier deeply misses her, as
they were married for 51 years. They got married in Montreal and lived with Anthony,
Hugh and Kathryn, children from a previous marriage. They worked in Quebec City and
in Montreal and came to the US in 1976. At our first Swiss club meeting we met Mary and
Rudy Strasser. It is lonely here without Anita. The children encouraged me to enroll at
Phoenix Collage where I study anthropology. I am sure Anita approves. May she rest in
peace.