Obituary:
RAYNARD HISLER, SR., 84, Webster City, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, at Hamilton Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Webster City with Rev. Mike Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery with graveside military rites to be conducted by the American Legion Post #191. No visitation. Foster Funeral in charge of arrangement.
Raynard Edmond Hisler Sr., son of Edmond and Clementine Emmendoerfer Hisler, was born August 1, 1918 at Woolstock, Iowa. He attended Webster City Schools, graduating from Lincoln High School in 1937. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps and served as a radio operator with the 1st Staff SQ.HQ.AAF, Bolling Air Base, Washington, D.C., the forerunner of Andrews Air Base, MD. Following his discharge, he returned to Webster City and was employed as an abstracter for Security Title and Loan Company, and later with Crosley and Boeye Inc, He married Violet Peterson on Sep 21, 1947 in Webster City. He was a city letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service for 31 years before his retirement in 1980. He continued to reside in Webster City.
Survivors include sons, Raynard, Jr. and Randy Hisler of Webster City; daughters and sons-in-law, Constance & Bruce Miller of Sartell, Minn., Sandra & Jim Hodges of Brooklyn Park, Minn, Kristie & Doug Carlson, Madrid, Renee & Rich Lange of Des Moines; two grandchildren; and five step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Violet on May 25, 1993, his parents, three sisters and a grandson. He was a member of Asbury Unnited Methodist Church in Webster City.
Memorial may be directed to Congregate Meals, 749 Second St. Webster City, Iowa.
Source Unspecified: after November 16, 2002
Raynard Edmond Hisler, Sr. was born Aug. 1, 1918 to Edmond and Clementine Emmendoerfer Hisler. He died Nov. 16, 2002 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA.
Pvt. Hisler served with the U.S. Amy Air Corps in World War II as a radio operator with the 1st Staff SQ.HQ.AAF, Bolling Air Base, Washington, D.C.
Source: ancestry.com
