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                        9th Annual Kisley Reunion
                            June 20-22, 2008
                            Schedule of Events
                            (Leonard's year)
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                            ***Please bring your own beverages for the weekend.  Kool-aid will be available, but if you  want something else, bring
                           it along***
                            
                             
                            Friday, June 20:
                            Hotdish provided by Joyce and family.
                            Campfire and gossip after supper. 
                             
                            Saturday, June 21:
                            Meat provided for both lunch and supper.  Please bring side dishes for both meals.
                            
                            **ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
                            *badminton
                            *volleyball
                            *horseshoes
                            *trampoline
                            *4-wheelers
                            *swimming pool (including a kiddie pool)
                            
                            **OTHER AREA ATTRACTIONS:
                            *In Bemidji (30 miles)
                                -Paul and Babe 
                               -Bemidji State Park
                            *In Blackduck (6 miles)
                               -Lost 40 Acres
                              -Fishing
                              -CC Camp
                              -The Big Duck
                              -Movie Theatre
                            *In Waskish (15 miles)
                              -bog walk
                            *In Pennington (20 miles)
                              -Power Dam
                            
                            **EVENING ACTIVITIES:
                            *campfire and s'mores
                            
                            Sunday, June 22:
                            *Breakfast of donuts, coffee, and juice
                            
                            **ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
                            *Please send news (weddings, births, graduations, jobs, illnesses, addresses - including e-mail,  etc.) to MaTina by June
                           17th. 
                            
                            *We also ask for a $2 donation from each family to cover printing and postage expenses, as well as  costs of paper plates,
                           napkins, cups, silverware, etc. to use each year.
                            
                            *If you have any questions, please feel free to call MaTina at (319) 267-2601 or e-mail at   kmad@netins.net. 
                            
                            *Don't forget to wear your Kisley Reunion t-shirts if you have one.  If you don't have one, but would like one, or need
                           a new one, contact Linda at 641-732-4981.
                             
                            UPCOMING REUNIONS:
                            Norb - 2009   Ray - 2010   Paul - 2011   Frank - 2012   Leonard  - 2013
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                
                            Kisley Family News
                            June 2008
                            Graduation/School News:
                            
                            Church News:
                            
                            Noah James Kisley, son of Joe and Lorrinda Kisley, received his first holy communion on April 13, 2008, at Sacred Heart
                           Catholic Church in Osage, Iowa.  He also received his first reconciliation prior to that.
                            
                            
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                            Employment/Career News:
                            
                             
                            
                            
                            Leonard's Obituary
                            Leonard James Kisley, 62
                            
                            Leonard  James Kisley, 62, of Hines, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji.
                            
                            Memorial  service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cease Family Funeral Home Chapel in Blackduck. Visitation will be one
                           hour prior  to the service. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post 372 of Blackduck.
                            
                            Honorary  pallbearers will be Leonard's sons, daughters and grandchildren.
                            
                            He  was born on June 24, 1945, in Lawler, Iowa, to Paul and Betty (Hadacek) Kisley. He was raised and educated in Osage,
                           Iowa.  He entered the U.S. Army in 1968 and received an honorable discharge in 1970. He married Joyce Smith on Jan. 29, 1972
                           on Sandy  Lake in Beltrami County. He was a dairy farmer, ran a minnow business and was a long haul trucker until he passed
                           away. He  was an avid outdoorsman; he enjoyed hunting, and fishing. Most of all he loved to spend time with his family, especially
                           his  grandchildren.
                            
                            He is survived by his wife of Hines; sons, Kevin (Bonnie  Nagel) Kisley of Blackduck and Matthew (Amber) Kisley of Hines;
                           daughters, Carrie Ann Kisley of Iowa; Andrea (David) Martin  of Blackduck, Bobbie (Greg) Harmon of Clearwater, Minn., and
                           Carla Kisley of Lake George; brothers, Raymond (Linda) Kisley  of Osage, Iowa, Paul (Beverly) Kisley of Osage, Frank (Patty)
                           Kisley of Osage, and Norbert (Diane) Kisley of Cottage Grove,  Minn.; and nine grandchildren.
                            
                            He was preceded in death by: his parents;  brother, Val Kisley; and his sister and her husband, Cecilia and Bill Buck.
                           
                         
                        
                        
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