Philip H. Kissinger 1857 - 1932

KISSINGER, QUELL

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 12/26/2014 at 09:40:34

The Burlington Hawk-Eye

Funeral Rites for Philip Kissinger To Be Held Monday

Funeral services for Philip Kissinger, 74, who died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Bert Marshall, three miles north of Mt. Pleasant Friday night (April 22, 1932), will be held at Sperry Methodist church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.

The body will remain at Prugh's chapel until 1:15 Monday afternoon when the cortege will leave for Sperry.

Burial will be in Loper cemetery, one-half mile east of Sperry.

Mr. Kissinger was born in Niagara county, New York, October 2, 1857, the son of the John and Margaret Kissinger. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1865 and the family settled on a farm two miles southeast of Sperry. He was united in marriage to Mary Quell, February 21, 1884. They made their home in Burlington until March 1, 1901, when they moved to a farm near Sperry. Mrs. Kissinger died July 25, 1901. In 1917 Mr. Kissinger moved to Sperry where he made his home until September 1925. After that he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Marshall.

He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Addie Reif of Sperry; Mrs. Ruth Vandemark of Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Emma Panther of Galesburg, Illinois; and Mrs. Luella Marshall of Mt. Pleasant; and one son, Andrew of Sperry. Two children preceded him in death, Edna who died in 1889 at the age of three years and Philip Sherman who died in 1918 at the age of 16. Six grandchildren and four brothers, John of Greenfield, Iowa; Ed of Burlington; Theodore of Burlington and Henry of Morning Sun, also survive. One brother and one sister preceded him In death.

He was a member of the Methodist church at Sperry and of the Diamond lodge No. 326. Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Sperry.