Menno Nolt Rissler

May 3, 1932 - July 27, 2019

MENNO NOLT RISSLER Menno Nolt Rissler, age 87, of Latham, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019, at his home. He was born May 3, 1932, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Daniel S. and Lizzie M. (Nolt) Rissler. On August 14, 1954, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, he was united in marriage to Lois Emma Miller, who preceded him in death December 22, 2016. Menno was a farmer many years. At one time he heeled shoes, and various times worked at machine shops. On the side, he enjoyed various other occupations, such as selling Amway and Agri King premixes, working at Rod and Staff as maintenance man, owning a laundromat and dry cleaners, operating an Echo chainsaw franchise, and selling bolts. For about the last twenty years, he enjoyed driving team people. Before moving to this area, he and his wife served as missionaries in Belize for approximately six years. Additional survivors include two sons, Leon and wife Charlotte Rissler of Latham, MO, and Glen and Isabel Rissler of West Liberty, Kentucky; one daughter, Karen Sue Rissler of Lititz, Pennsylvania; one foster daughter, Tammy Kay Fox and husband Thomas of Myerstown, Pennsylvania; eleven grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 1, 2019, at Versailles Mennonite Church near Versailles, with interment in the Versailles Mennonite Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00–4:00 p.m. and 6:00–8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the church. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.