Daniel W. Geisler

Daniel W. Geisler, 52, of Alma, Kansas, died Thursday, February 2, 2006 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was a life-long member of the community. He was born on August 24, 1953 in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Walter and Dorothy Bredow Geisler. He attended local schools and graduated from Alma High School in 1971. He then graduated Manhattan Vo-Tech, studying to be a lineman electrician. Dan was a journeyman electrician and worked for 23 years for OK Johnson Electric in Topeka. He then worked for DL Smith Electric also in Topeka. He was a member for over 30 years of the IBEW Local #226. Dan was a square dance caller since he was 17 years old and called dances all over Kansas. He established the Little Apple Plus square dance club and the Flint Hills Squares. In his earlier years he traveled in a family band, the Mill Valley Swingers and performed guitar, pedal steel guitar, sang lead and called dances all over Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri. He was a member of the National Square Dance Callers Association, the Kansas Square Dance Callers Association and Callerlab. Dan served many years as the sexton for the Peace United Church of Christ Cemetery and also on that church board. He recently attended First Assembly of God Church in Manhattan. He married Karry Jones on March 19, 1994 in Alma, Kansas. She survives at their home. He is also survived by his mother, Dorothy Geisler, Alma, Kansas; a daughter, Kayla Erdmann and her husband, Nathan, Wabaunsee, Kansas; two sisters, Roxanne Fluharty and her husband, Wes, Alma, Kansas and Marci Rump and her husband, Craig, Galva, Kansas; and a grandson, Nathaniel Erdmann. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at Campanella-Gentry Funeral Home in Alma. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, west of Alma. He will lie-in-state starting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday and the family will greet friends from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Dan Geisler Memorial Fund and those may be sent in care of the funeral home.