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Samuel Hollingsworth Kiser

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Samuel Hollingsworth Kiser

Birth
Saunders County, Nebraska, USA
Death
11 May 1958 (aged 80)
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Thanks to Find A Grave conributor #47444168
Children with Lena were:
Samuel Chester Kiser # 67670417
Clarence Edward Kiser # 5799868
Lawrence Dale Kiser # 19918435
Earl Roy Kiser ---Still looking
Mary Jane Kiser-- Still looking
Hazel Pearl Kiser-- Still looking
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Children with Mattie were:
Fern
Donna Kiser ( Cejka)
Don Kiser
Jack Kiser
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Web site:
http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1958.html

The Columbus Daily Telegram, May 12, 1958
KISER--Samuel H. Kiser dies; services on Wednesday
Samuel H. Kiser, 80, Columbus, a former Nance county sheriff, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in St. Mary's hospital where he was a patient the last two weeks. He had been ill about three months.
Funeral services will be at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the McKown Funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. J. Alan Justad, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Kiser, who served as sheriff of Nance county in 1950-51, had been a semi-invalid the last several years following a stroke.
A long-time resident of this area, he had worked for the Lyman Richey Sand & Gravel company at Bellwood and Columbus for about 13 years, was employed by the Loup River Public Power District at Genoa for five years and served as a policeman in Genoa for several years. He also worked as a guard at the Grand Island ordnance plant for two years.
Since 1952 he had lived in Columbus.
He was a member of the Methodist church and the Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers association.
The son of John and Mary Jane Auten Kiser, he was born August 21, 1877 at Willow Creek, in Saunders county.
His marriage to Mattie Zehr Burmood took place August 9, 1922 and she preceded him in death Nov. 3, 1957.
Surviving are their four children, Mrs. Louis (Fern) Birkel, Mrs. William (Donna) Cejka and Don Kiser, all of Columbus, and Jack Kiser of Fremont; five children by a previous marriage, Earl and Sam Kiser of Omaha, Clarence of Wichita, Kans., LaVern of Lincoln and Frances of Los Angeles; five stepchildren, Lee Burmood, Mrs. Elmer (Bess) Hodges and Mrs. Joe (Evelyn) Sock of Columbus, Mrs. Les (Clara) Ernst of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Russ Burmood, of Albion; 31 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, a great grandson, three brothers, Jess, Jim and Bill, and his sister, Evie.
The family requests that memorials be given to the American Cancer society or the local Methodist church.
Thanks to Find A Grave conributor #47444168
Children with Lena were:
Samuel Chester Kiser # 67670417
Clarence Edward Kiser # 5799868
Lawrence Dale Kiser # 19918435
Earl Roy Kiser ---Still looking
Mary Jane Kiser-- Still looking
Hazel Pearl Kiser-- Still looking
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Children with Mattie were:
Fern
Donna Kiser ( Cejka)
Don Kiser
Jack Kiser
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Web site:
http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1958.html

The Columbus Daily Telegram, May 12, 1958
KISER--Samuel H. Kiser dies; services on Wednesday
Samuel H. Kiser, 80, Columbus, a former Nance county sheriff, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in St. Mary's hospital where he was a patient the last two weeks. He had been ill about three months.
Funeral services will be at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the McKown Funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Rev. J. Alan Justad, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Kiser, who served as sheriff of Nance county in 1950-51, had been a semi-invalid the last several years following a stroke.
A long-time resident of this area, he had worked for the Lyman Richey Sand & Gravel company at Bellwood and Columbus for about 13 years, was employed by the Loup River Public Power District at Genoa for five years and served as a policeman in Genoa for several years. He also worked as a guard at the Grand Island ordnance plant for two years.
Since 1952 he had lived in Columbus.
He was a member of the Methodist church and the Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers association.
The son of John and Mary Jane Auten Kiser, he was born August 21, 1877 at Willow Creek, in Saunders county.
His marriage to Mattie Zehr Burmood took place August 9, 1922 and she preceded him in death Nov. 3, 1957.
Surviving are their four children, Mrs. Louis (Fern) Birkel, Mrs. William (Donna) Cejka and Don Kiser, all of Columbus, and Jack Kiser of Fremont; five children by a previous marriage, Earl and Sam Kiser of Omaha, Clarence of Wichita, Kans., LaVern of Lincoln and Frances of Los Angeles; five stepchildren, Lee Burmood, Mrs. Elmer (Bess) Hodges and Mrs. Joe (Evelyn) Sock of Columbus, Mrs. Les (Clara) Ernst of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Russ Burmood, of Albion; 31 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, a great grandson, three brothers, Jess, Jim and Bill, and his sister, Evie.
The family requests that memorials be given to the American Cancer society or the local Methodist church.


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