John D. Risser Obituary (1934 - 2014)

John D. Risser, 79 The funeral service for John D. Risser, 79, Hinton, will be at 10:00 a.m.., Wednesday, at Pike Mennonite Church with Keith Crider, Larry Showalter, Nathan Horst, Nathan Good, Nelson Showalter, Kenneth Martin, and Clair Heatwole officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Risser died Saturday, August 2, 2014 at his home. He was the son of the late Landis E. and Rhoda Horst Risser. He was a member and a bishop in Southeastern Mennonite Conference for fifty years. He was a member of The Rawley Springs Mennonite Church. On June 1, 1957, he married Lois Jane Hartzler who survives. Also surviving are five daughters, Paula Risser and Mary Risser of Hinton, VA; Cynthia, wife of Marlin Freed of Ovid, NY; Freda, wife of Doug Dreves of Travis City, MI; and Bonita, wife of Steve Fettis of Alanson, MI; one son, John Risser, and wife Cynthia of Chambersburg; PA; two brothers, Robert of Waynesboro, PA; and Daniel of Taylorsville, NC; two sisters, Lois Martin of Hagerstown, MD, and Betty Martin of Waynesboro, PA; twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body is at McMullen Funeral Home, 5784 Greenmount Road where friends may call at any time. The family will receive friends at the Pike Mennonite Church on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. The family requests no flowers. McMullen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.