Avis Kissinger, 90
Wed, 06/07/2017 - 4:25pm
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May 4, 1927
June 6, 2017
Harmony - Avis Kissinger, age 90, of Harmony, Minn. died Tuesday, June 6, in Harmony.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 9, at the United Methodist Church in Harmony, with burial in the State Line Cemetery, rural Harmony. Friends may call at Lindstrom Funeral Home in Harmony from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 and on Friday from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church. Avis Helen Kissinger was born near Mabel, Minn. on May 4, 1927 to Alfred and Clara (Housker) Narum. She attended Mabel schools and graduated from Mabel High School in 1945.
On Oct. 11, 1947 she was united in marriage to Walter “Pete” Kissinger. They resided in Mabel until 1955, when they moved to Harmony. Avis worked in the kitchen at Harmony School, as well as being a homemaker. She was an active member of the Harmony United Methodist Church and a member of the Odd Fellows and Rebecca Lodge, holding different state and local offices in the Lodge. In her spare time Avis loved to crochet, work crossword puzzles, sew and read.
Avis is survived by a daughter, Helen (Milton) Krueger of Cresco, Iowa; three sons, David (Barb) Kissinger of Hixton, Wis., Larry (Shelley Maison) Kissinger of Sturgis, Mich. and Mark (Denise) Kissinger of Cresco; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Wanda and Judy Narum.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Pete in 2002; a sister, Borghild Rollins; two brothers, Lyle and Gaylord Narum; and a grandson, Frederick Kissinger.
