MISSOURI WAS BORN AUGUST 4, 1926

TO GALE AND ETHEL KISER, HE

DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 20,1986

AT THE TEXAS COUNTY MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL. MELVIN WAS BORN AND

RAISED IN SUCCESS, MISSOURI WHERE

HE RAISED HIS FAMILY AND LATER

MOVED TO LICKING MISSOURI IN 1981.

HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO

MARGARET L. HANCOCK JUNE 1, 1952.

TO THIS UNION 4 CHILDREN;

STEVE A. KISER OF PUNTA GORDA,

FLORIDA, MARSHA  KISER OF

OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA,

MICHEAL KISER OF PLATO, MISSOURI,

AND CALVIN L. KISER OF DEVILS

ELBOW, MISSOURI. BESIDES 4 CHILDREN

HE SERVIVED BY 5 SISTERS

MABEL NORD OF LICKING, MISSOURI,

SHIRLEY RAMSEY OF BEULAH,MISSOURI,

JUNE FANSLER OF GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO,

NADINE BALLARD OF HOUSTON,

MISSOURI AND DORIS WRIGHT OF

HOUSTON, MISSOURI, 1

COUSIN JUNIOR HARLAN OF TAFT,CA.

WHO WAS LIKE A BROTHER,

3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 STEP-

GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HIS PARENTS AND 1 BROTHER

GALE MARSHALL KISER.

MELVIN REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE

LORD AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE

FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN

SUCCESS,MISSOURI.

HE ENJOYED MANY ACTIVITIES IN

THE LICKING COMMUNITY WHICH

WERE: BRIDGE BUILDERS, BOWLING,

KITCHEN BAND, SINGING AND VFW.

HE ALSO, HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST

IN HIS HEART FOR THE HELPING

HANDS CRISIS CENTER LOCATED IN

HOUSTON,MO.

MELVIN SPENT 2 YEARS IN ACTIVE

DUTY IN WORLD WAR II FOR HIS

COUNTRY AND WAS HONORABLY

DISCHARGED.

HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL

WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM.

SERVICED WERE HELD TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 23, 1986 AT FREEWILL

BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV. DANNY

DOUGLAS, MR. DON BIXBY AND

MR. JOHN WILHOIT

OFFICIATING AT 10:00 A.M.

INTERMENT WAS IN OAKLAND

CEMETERY IN SUCCESS, MISSOURI.