J. Adolph 'Bud' Ziser
Obituary
J. Adolph "Bud" Ziser, 88, retired Koch Industries
senior vice-president of exploration died on Monday (Oct. 24, 2011) at Halstead
Health and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born on May 10, 1923, in Glendale, Calif., to Joseph
Adolph and Aileen (Headley) Ziser. A Newton resident for three years, he
formerly resided in Wichita and Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.
He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II
and was a longtime member of the Presbyterian Church, serving as an elder and
treasurer and was a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International.
On July 10, 1945, he married his high school sweetheart
Dorothy May Larsen in Denver. They were married 56 years and had three
children. She proceeded him in death on Feb. 3, 2001. He then married Peggy Sue
Boten on April 6, 2002, in Osage Beach, Mo. She survives in Newton.
Other survivors include a son, Mark (Pam) Ziser; daughter,
Cathy (Bill) Williams; grandchildren, Mike (Andrea) Ziser, David Ziser and Erin
(David) Graver; and great-grandchildren, Haley and Brett Ziser and Dorothea
Graver, all of Wichita.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steve Ziser, on Sept. 19,
1994. and a sister, Hazel Gilbert.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First
Presbyterian Church in Newton. The Rev. James Anderson will preside.
Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Church, in care
of Kaufman Funeral Home of Halstead.
