October 18, 2016

Linn County News

Published Oct. 19, 2016

Marjorie Therese Fisler, age 85, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born on May 27, 1931, at Lyons, Ill., the daughter of Thomas Frank and Helen Amelia Adamski Kuras.

She married Jack Emerson. To this union two children were born, Thomas Kyle and Jacquelyn Irene. She later married Benjamin Harrison Fisler. He preceded her in death in 2001.

Marjorie worked in the banking industry as a bookkeeper and later as a secretary at United Airlines. She was a member of the Pleasanton First Christian Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Bernadine Cerny.

Marjorie is survived by a son Thomas Kyle Emerson; a daughter Jacquelyn Taylor; a grandson Kyle Walker and wife, Berenice; two sisters Barbara Miller and Rita Misek; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Marjorie enjoyed sewing and gardening and loved communing with Mother Nature. She appreciated a spin through the Overland Park Arboretum several weeks before her death and mentioned several times how beautiful this world was.

She was a loving mother and grandmother and good friend to several. She regretted outliving many of her friends and loved her family to the end.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to service time at 2 p.m. at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to The Residencies Activity Fund. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel.