Peter Frank Kisner was born the 7th child of Casper and Catherine Kisner on
Jan. 17, 1908 in Topeka, Kan.
He died at the age of 53 on July 24, 1961 in Oelwein.
He came to Oelwein in 1925 to work for the Chicago Great Western Railway as
a carman tice and remained in employment until his death.
On May 20, 1927 he married Mabel Hensch of Oelwein. They had eight children, four boys and four girls.
Survivors include his widow Mabel; sons, Lawrence of Saginaw, Mich., Floyd
of Rockford, Ill, John and Dale of Oelwein; daughters, Mrs. Regina Bergman
of Maynard, Mrs. Dorothy Lehmkuhl of Oelwein, Mrs. Beverly of Cedar Rapids,
and Shirley of Cedar Rapids; 12 grandchildren, his mother Mrs. Catherine of
Topeka, Kan.; brothers, Joseph and George of Topeka, Kan., Mathew of
Oelwein, and sisters Mrs. Anna Bellendier of Oelwein, Mrs. Marie Miller,
Mrs. Catherine Sommers and Mrs. Mary, all of Topeka, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother Casper.
Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart church July 27, 1901 at 9 am by
Father Fidelis Kaufman. Burial was at Woodlawn cemetery.
Relatives and friends attending the funeral for Peter Kisner were Mrs. W.E.
Miller, Mrs. Mary Po Edward Walter, Mr. and Mrs. George Sommers, George
Kisner, Joe Kisner Jr., Mr and Mrs. Joseph Kisner, Mrs. Ethel Kisner, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Sauer, Rose Marie and James, all of Topeka, Kan. Mr. and
Mrs. Kny Bachmann of Milwaukee, Wis., Mr and Mrs. Kay Jr Mabel, Minn., Mr. &
Mrs. Clarence Wolf of Westgate, Mr. and Mrs. Howard of Edgewood, Otto
Brockoff of Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bellendier. Mr. and Mrs H.J. Wend
Jr, and Mrs. Ray Logan all of Independence, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Scanlon of
Clinton, Mr. and Mrs A. Bergman of Maynard, Mrs. Paul Ford of Tripoli, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Kirby of Des Moines, Pat Mrs Francis McGuire and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Mahoney all of Cedar Rapids, Dee Ikiner of Springville, Joyce Kemp
of Marion, and Mr. and Mrs. Charier Clemens St Paul Minn.