William C. Kisler

KISLER, WILLIAM C. 83



William Conrad Kisler, 83 years old, died peacefully early Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 eve-ning at his home with his Fam-ily at his side. He fought a cou-rageous 5 year battle against a neurological brain disease and now is at rest. He is sur-vived by his wife of 59 years Dolly, a son David and his wife Lori, a daughter Cindy, 2 grandchildren Erica and Melanie and 3 grand dogs, as he fondly referred to them, all of whom loved him very much.



Mr. Kisler, born in Louis-ville Ky. lived most of his life in Ohio where he was a graduate of Ohio University and em-ployed by Mead Paper Com-pany. He was a veteran of WW II, was at Battle of the Bulge and awarded the Bronze Star for bravery under fire and the Purple Heart for combat wounds. His career as an ac-countant spanned 35 years and he retired in Ocala Florida in 1992. He was an avid golfer since the age of 13, a pub-lished author and he loved to travel. He traveled in May 2008 with the First Coast Honor Air to Washington D.C to see the WW II veterans' me-morial. That was his last travel trip.



He was an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church and a Christian who was close to the Lord.



A Celebration of his Life will be at Hiers Funeral Home, 910 SE Silver Springs Blvd., on Thursday, January 8th, 11am.



A visitation will be on Wednesday evening Spm to 7pm at Hiers Funeral Home-Burial services will be ar-ranged in Chillicothe, OH.



The family requests dona-tions be made to the charity of choice or the Foundation for Parkinson's and Neurological Research, FFPNR.org, 8190 W. Deer Valley Rd. suite 104, #256, Peoria, Arizona 85382 in lieu of flowers.