Fr. Louis Henry Sohler
1910-1986
Father Sohler, of Cottage Grove, was pastor of St. Alice Parish for 31 years. In 1947, he became the priest of Springfield and held Sunday Mass at the American Legion Hall at 5th and Main. Within a month of his coming, 285 people were attending Sunday Mass.
Fr. Sohler witnessed the parish go from a hall in downtown Springfield to a refurbished army chapel and then, in 1965, to an award-winning place of worship.
In 1978, Father was reassigned as pastor of St. Anthony in Forest Grove.
Fr. Sohler died on August 13, 1986.
May God rest his soul.