Kismet - Floyd Duane Semisch, age 90, passed away late Wednesday evening, November 20, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society, Liberal, Kansas.

He was born March 18, 1934, at El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Samuel Floyd and Ruth Ellen (Williams) Semisch.  As a young boy he attended school in rural Leon, Kansas, graduating from Leon High School in 1953.  He later attended Kansas State University for a year before enlisting in the United States Army, serving in Germany.  In 1974, he moved to Kismet, Kansas, where he worked as a truck driver for Ken Schmidt and later in 1999 as a self-employed driver.  In 2012, he moved to Liberal.

He was a member of the Kismet United Methodist Church.  He enjoyed trucking and driving Kenworth and Freightliner trucks, and spending time with his family and friends.

On February 16, 1958, he married Beverly Kay Jones at the United Methodist Church in Leon, Kansas.  She precedes him in death on May 1, 2010.

He is survived by a son, Kevin Semisch and wife Anne of Plains, Kansas; a daughter, Karla Lynn of Plains; a brother, Victor Keith Semisch and wife Mickey of Rural Leon, Kansas; four grandchildren, Adam Semisch, Allen Semisch, Clayton Lynn and wife Lanee, and Kayla Erskin and husband Steve; and four great-grandchildren, Bexley and Josey Lynn, and Wyatt and Brynlee Erskin.

He is preceded in death by his wife; parents; and a sister Jean Rosemary Ward and husband Bill.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at the Kismet Methodist Church, Kismet, Kansas.  Interment will follow in the Kismet Cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. with family present to receive friends at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Kansas Children's Service League in care of the funeral home.