Obit: Kieser, Lois Lena (1932 - 2015)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kieser, Zimmerman, Rueth, Anderson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/30/2015

Kieser, Lois Lena (20 November 1932 - 21 December 2015)

Lois Kieser, 83, of Neillsville died Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at the Neillsville Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Lois Lena Zimmerman was born Nov. 20, 1932, in Markesan, which is located in Green Lake County. She was educated in rural schools and graduated from Green Lake High School in 1950. She then attended Ripon College and graduated in 1954 with a major in English and a minor in French and history. Lois worked as a teacher in Munsing, MI; Colby; and then Medford for two years. She was united in marriage Aug. 11, 1957, to Frederick W. Kieser in Manchester. They moved to Eau Claire, where she attended business classes at the Technical College for one year. Their first child, Douglas, was born in Eau Claire in 1960, and they moved to Neillsville in 1961. Brian, their second child, was born in 1962, and then Lois stayed at home to raise her family. In 1970, she began working at the Clark County Press. She worked there until 1977, when she went to work for the county in Judge Brennan’s office. Lois retired in 1996.

She was a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Neillsville, and she was a member of the Candlelight Homemakers Club. In her leisure time, she enjoyed quilting, gardening and tending to her flowers.

She is survived by her husband, Frederick; two sons, Douglas Kieser of Minneapolis, MN, and Brian Kieser of Edina, MN; and one granddaughter, Zelda Grace Kieser.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A Memorial service for Lois will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Neillsville. Pastor Chad Anderson will officiate. Music will be provided by Jodi Rueth, organist, and the Calvary Lutheran Church Choir. Interment will be in the Markesan Cemetery, Markesan. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.  The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Lois’s family with funeral arrangements.