Charles Lloyd Kistner

Footprints  

One night a man had a dream. In it he was walking along a beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the final scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back, at the footprints in the sand. He noticed many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints, and realized that they came at the hardest and saddest times of his life. Bothered about this, he questioned the Lord saying, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,  You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most burdensome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you the most You would leave me. "The Lord replied, "My dear child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that "I carried you."
             
                                                                  Author Unknown

    Charles Lloyd Kistner, 82, of Mexico, died at 5:26 a.m., Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico.

Graveside services including Full Military Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at Pleasant Hope Cemetery, at Pleasant Hope Mo.   There will be no visitation. Rev. Larry Hargus will officiate.

Mr. Kistner was born on Nov. 13, 1922 in Marshfield, Mo., a son of Lee and Emmer Annaliza (Fortner) Kistner.

He was a World War II veteran serving in the Army from 1943 until 1945. Mr. Kistner was a painter for 45 years. He also operated the Hubble Saw Mill in Caulfield in the 1940’s. He was a member of Mt. View Church at Teague, Mo.

Survivors include a sister-in-law Dorothy Kistner, Springfield; several nieces and nephews including Gerri Hoover and Louise Salmons, both of Fulton, and Kenneth Kistner of Columbia.

Two brothers, William “Bill” Kistner and his twin brother Boyd Kistner; a sister, Edith Vittetoe; and a sister-in-law, Pearl Kistner, preceded him in death.

Pickering Funeral Home in Mexico is in charge of the arrangements.

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