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Rev Leonard P. Kayser

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Birth	:	9 Feb 1933 Emery, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	24 Feb 2015 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Saint Marys Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.6486015, -97.7855988
Description	:	Father Leonard Kayser Reverend Leonard P. Kayser, age 82, died peacefully on February 24, 2015 at Dougherty House of the campus of Avera Prince of Peace while in the presence of family members. Always active in his ministry, his death was preceded by a brief episode of infirm health. A Mass of Christian Burial will be prayed for Father Kayser on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Saint Mary of Mercy Church in Alexandria, SD beginning at 10 AM. The Most Reverend Paul J. Swain, Bishop of Sioux Falls, will serve as celebrant of the Mass. Interment will be at Saint Mary... Read More	Father Leonard Kayser Reverend Leonard P. Kayser, age 82, died peacefully on February 24, 2015 at Dougherty House of the campus of Avera Prince of Peace while in the presence of family members. Always active in his ministry, his death was preceded by a brief episode of infirm health. A Mass of Christian Burial will be prayed for Father Kayser on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Saint Mary of Mercy Church in Alexandria, SD beginning at 10 AM. The Most Reverend Paul J. Swain, Bishop of Sioux Falls, will serve as celebrant of the Mass. Interment will be at Saint Mary Cemetery in Alexandria immediately following the funeral Mass. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM with a liturgical wake and scripture service beginning at 7:00 PM at the Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton on Thursday, February 26, 2015. A second visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM with a liturgical wake and scripture service beginning at 7:00 PM at Saint Mary of Mercy Church in Alexandria, SD on Friday, February 27, 2015. Leonard Kayser was born on February 9, 1933 on the family farm near Emery, SD. The 8th of 10 children, he is the son of Felix and Sophia (nee Krier) Kayser. He attended St. Martin School in Emery and the Alexandria Public School for two years of high school before enrolling at Crosier Seminary in Onamia, MN. Leonard continued his priestly formation at St. Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, MN prior to being ordained to the priesthood by the Most Reverend Lambert A. Hoch on May 24, 1959 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Sioux Falls. Upon ordination Father Kayser served as an associate pastor at the parishes of St. Mary in Sioux Falls, Sacred Heart in Yankton, and Sacred Heart in Parkston. During his years of active ministry, he was appointed to the pastorates of St. Michael, in Herried, St. Pius X in Onida, St. Thomas Aquinas in De Smet, and St. Williams in Aurora before appointment to serve as the Interim Executive Director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in Des Moines, IA. He returned to the Diocese to serve in the pastorates of St. Francis de Sales in Estelline, St. John in Castlewood, St. Thomas More in Brookings, St. Theresa in Sioux Falls, St. George in Hartford, St. Agnes in Sigel and St. Columba in Mayfield. For a time he also served in a full-time capacity as the Rural Life Director for the Diocese of Sioux Falls as well as in chaplaincy assignments at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls and the South Dakota Human Services Center in Yankton. In retirement, Father Kayser provided weekend substitute ministry across the diocese while assisting regularly at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and its affiliated nursing homes in the Yankton area. He was grateful to call Yankton his adopted home and for the support he received from the brother priests, the Benedictine Sisters and others who shared it with him. An advocate for the agrarian life and a promoter of the lessons that working the land offer us. Father Kayser freely and actively shared how his upbringing on the farm formed in him the disciplines of a simplified life and a recognition of God's instrumental presence in the bounty we receive. Through his tenacity as well as the context of faith through which he taught of the importance of this noble trade, Father Kayser was well-known in the farming community as a champion for the rural life. He is survived by his brother, Bernard (Carole) Kayser, Alexandria, SD; sisters, Sr. Verna Kayser, OSF, Milwaukee, WI, Geraldine Thill, York, NE, Rose Mary (Linus) Boehmer, Pierre, SD, and Frances Fabian, Rosemount, MN as well as by many nieces and nephews; great nieces and great nephews. Father Kayser was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and two sisters.

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Where is Rev Leonard P. Kayser's memorial?
Rev Leonard P. Kayser's memorial is located at: Saint Marys Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson County, USA.
When did Rev Leonard P. Kayser death?
Rev Leonard P. Kayser death on 24 Feb 2015 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Rev Leonard P. Kayser's memorial?
Latitude: 43.6486015
Longitude: -97.7855988

Family Members:

Parent

Felix Nicholas Kayser

(1890 - 1979)

Sophia M Krier Kayser

(1894 - 1952)

Siblings

Louis Peter Kayser

(1922 - 1979)

Rita Virginia Kayser Mowry

(1924 - 1993)

George Nickolas Kayser

(1926 - 2009)

Geraldine Cecelia “Gerry” Kayser Thill

(1930 - 2020)

Bernard Vincent “Bernie” Kayser Sr.

(1931 - 2016)

Frances L Kayser Fabian

(1937 - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Marys Cemetery
Alexandria, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6486015, -97.7855988

2. Green Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.6582985, -97.7641983

3. Friedhof Rockport Colony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5834400, -97.8451200

4. Graceland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7310982, -97.8114014

5. Saint Martins Lutheran Cemetery
Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5729560, -97.7171440

6. Elfert Cemetery
Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5727997, -97.6868973

7. Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery
Farmer, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7305984, -97.6864014

8. Saint Martins Catholic Cemetery
Emery, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6147003, -97.6271973

9. Emery Community Cemetery
Emery, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5572014, -97.6474991

10. Holiness Cemetery
Riverside, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7269406, -97.9553867

11. Lakeside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7308006, -97.6138992

12. Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.7285324, -97.9597000

13. Rock Creek Cemetery
Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7686005, -97.9088974

14. Old Elmspring Hutterite Cemetery
Alexandria, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4984894, -97.7991001

15. Spencer Cemetery
Spencer, McCook County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7085991, -97.5899963

16. New Elmspring Hutterite Cemetery
Parkston, Hutchinson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4899411, -97.8312111

17. Sunset Memorial Park
Mitchell, Davison County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6813900, -98.0070800

18. Suelzle Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery
Milltown, Hutchinson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4869194, -97.7195358

19. New Hope Cemetery
Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5102997, -97.6457977

20. Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
Ethan, Davison County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5499200, -97.9794400

21. Ethan Hillcrest Cemetery
Ethan, Davison County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5486380, -97.9794540

22. Redstone Cemetery
Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.8191986, -97.8289032

23. Plum Creek Baptist Cemetery
Emery, Hanson County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4905900, -97.6794100

24. Ethan United Methodist Church Cemetery
Ethan, Davison County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5467700, -97.9848300