Notes for CHARLES THOMAS KIER:

Son of Charles Edward and Theresa Marie (Benjamin) Kier.
Born: November 3, 1946 in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas.
Died: January 12, 2011 at Community Memorial Healthcare, Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas.
Last Residence: Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas.
Buried: January 17, 2001 in Life Cemetery, Beattie, Marshall County, Kansas.
Married: Linda Pianalto Unknown in Unknown.

OBITUARY:
Charles Thomas "Tom" Kier, 64, of Beattie, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville. Tom was born November 3, 1946 at Concordia, Kansas, the son of Charles Edward and Marie "Teri" (Benjamin) Kier.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; mother, Marie "Teri" Kier, Washington, Kan,; five sons, Charles Kier, Durango, Colo., Grant Kier, Missoula, Mont., Jonathon Kier and Gregory Kier, both of Bardstown, Ken., Matthew Lehi Schott, Kansas City, Kan.; three daughters, Holly Kier, Manhattan, Kan., Amy Renee' Wassenberg and Julie Mae Grauer, both of Marysville; five siblings, Mary Catherine Becker, Hyannis, Neb., Margaret Stratton, Fort Worth, Tex., James Kier, Washington, Kan., John Kier, Newton, Kan., and Nancy Beeman, Topeka, Kan.; and three grandchildren, Emma Kier, Fiona Kier and Sydney Grauer.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 17, at Marysville Christian Fellowship.

Burial will be in the Life Cemetery near Beattie, Kansas.

OBITUARY:
Marysville Advocate January 20, 2011
Charles Thomas Kier
Charles Thomas “Tom” Kier, 64, Beattie, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Community Memorial Healthcare, Marysville.

A service was at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Marysville Christian Fellowship. The Rev. Rick Glowacki officiated. Music included “I Saw the Light/I’ll Fly Away” by the Marysville Christian Fellowship Music Team, “Home Where I Belong” by Pastor Glowacki and “Amazing Grace.”

Burial was in the Life Cemetery near Beattie. The pallbearers were Ivan Horn, Jason Brinegar, Dan Pianalto, Dale Meinecke, Scott Drinkgern and Nicholas Pianalto.

Charles “Tom” Kier was born Nov. 3, 1946, at Concordia, the son of Charles Edward and Marie “Teri” Benjamin Kier. He graduated from Washington County High School, attended St. Mary of the Plains College, where he played football, and then attended Regis University in Denver. He began practicing law after graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1972. He began his practice in Washington, where he served as county attorney.

He relocated to Colorado and later returned to practice law in Marysville with the firm of Galloway, Wiegers & Heeney. He practiced with the firm from 1988 through 2005, when he decided to start his own solo practice. During his time with the firm, he served on several boards and civic organizations and for several years was Marysville city attorney.

He married Linda Bisping July 1, 2006.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling and spending time with his family. He found his calling and enjoyed ministering to inmates. He taught hunter education courses and coached youth football.

Survivors include his wife; his mother, Marie “Teri” Kier, Washington; five sons, Charles Kier, Durango, Colo., Grant Kier, Missoula, Mont., Jonathon Smithkier and Gregory Smithkier, both of Louisville, Ky., Matthew Lehi Schott, Kansas City; three daughters, Holly Kier, Manhattan, Amy Renee’ Wassenberg and Julie Mae Grauer, both of Marysville; five siblings, Mary Catherine Becker, Hyannis, Neb., Margaret Stratton, Fort Worth, James Kier, Washington, John Kier, Newton, and Nancy Beeman, Topeka; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father.

A memorial fund has been established and will be designated later.