PLAINS – Everett G. Fieser, age 97, passed away Saturday morning, September 2, 2017, at the Western Plains Regional Medical Center, Dodge City, Kansas.

He was born August 11, 1920, at Norwich, Kansas, the son of Walter Harry and Mary (Pankratz) Fieser. As a young boy he attended the Norwich school system, graduating from Norwich High School in 1938. On August 16, 1944, he married Nora Marie Krause at the Plains United Methodist Church, Plains. After their marriage the couple made their home in Norwich before moving to rural Plains in 1950 where he began farming and ranching.

He was a member of the Plains United Methodist Church, Lions Club, Southwest Kansas Irrigators Association, the Kansas Livestock Association, served as a leader of the Plains Livewires 4-H Club, served on the Plains School Board, the P & K Credit Union Board, and had received the soil conservation banker's award for 1970-1971. He enjoyed farming, gardening, and spending time with his family and friends.

He is survived by three sons, Carl Fieser (Merle) of Dodge City, David Fieser (Karen) of Norwich, and Dean Fieser (Susan) of rural Plains; two daughters, Joyce Conard of Hutchinson, and Margaret Miller (Steve) of Burdett; a sister, Lorine Linhdholm of Ft. Collins, Colorado; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife Nora on July 11, 2008; parents; and a brother, Earl Fieser.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 8, 2017, at the United Methodist Church, Plains. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Friday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Plains Cemetery, Plains.

The family would welcome memorials to the Plains United Methodist Church or the charity of the donor's choice in care of the funeral home.