KISER, Lowell Ernest
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Covington, Ind. (CNS) – Lowell Ernest Kiser, 63, a life resident of the Covington community, died at 8:40 pm yesterday (March 28, 1966) at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill. He had been ill a year and a patient one day. Born March 29, 1903, in State Line, he was the son of Daniel and Anna Kitchen Kiser. He was married in January 1929 to Thelma McMahoney, who died in March 1945. He had been employed as a meat cutter in Covington and throughout this area for many years. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Doris Hipsher of Covington Route 1, with whom he had been residing lately, and Mrs. Karen Gee of Catlin, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Maxine Gerard of Covington; and four grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by his parents, wife and two sisters. Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at the Hegg Funeral Home. The Rev. Glenn Ray, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Friends will be received after 3 pm Wednesday. - - typed by Barbara B
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1966
Lowell Ernest (Ki) Kiser, age 63, a lifetime resident of the Covington community, died at 8:40 p.m. Monday, March 28, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., where he had been a patient one day. He had been in ill health for one year and seriously ill one week.
Mr. Kiser was born March 29, 1903 at State Line, Ind., the son of Daniel and Anna Kitchen Kiser. He was married in January 1929 to Thelma McMannomy, who preceded him in death in March 1945. He bad been employed as a meat cutter in Covington and throughout this area for many years.
He is survived by: two daughters, Mrs. Doris Hipsher of Covington Rt. I, with whom he had been residing lately, and Mrs. Karen Gee of Catlin, Ill.; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Maxine Gerard of Covington. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and two sisters.
The body is at the Hegg Funeral Home in Covington where Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. Funeral
services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Glenn Ray, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Covington.