On June 17, 2023, David Lee Geisinger (age 73) bid this old world
“Goodbye”. He lived an honest and productive life. If we said nothing
more, he’d be satisfied with the previous line. Ornery as all get out,
but you couldn’t find a better friend or brother. He helped and enjoyed
helping, someone in need of his many skills and enjoyed using those
skills.
In his working life (beginning at age 14) he had been a plumber,
pipe fitter, government worker (at Bendix/Allied Signal/Honeywell),
concrete worker, welder, just to mention a few. There were few things
he couldn’t fix, if you gave him time and tools. Carl’s Plumbing gave
him his start. Carl taught him to fix something the right way first and
not have to go back and do it again. Dad taught Dave (and all the rest
of us) to never say “I can’t “, until we’d tried. Dave took that to
heart.
When his health began to fail, he moved back to the “country” where
his heart had always been. Jerry and Sis Nichols rented him the small
house in Lowry City, MO that he called “Home “, proudly, for the rest of
his life, peacefully doing “what I want to do”. He enjoyed
“landscaping” with his “Grasshopper” lawnmower (he took so much pride in
what he did it couldn’t be called lawn-mowing.)You could also see him at
work on other projects that people needed his “help” with at times. He
didn’t like to be idle.
When he came back to Lowry City, he was able to reconnect with
lifelong friends, Duke Kottwitz (kept him busy, helping with farm work,
which he gladly did) , Jim Noakes, and Mel Forman, just to mention a
few. A supervisor from Bendix, Wil Harper was also here to welcome him.
Friend, Bob Bray spent many evenings with Dave watching DVD’s and
fishing, which were two of Dave’s favorite things to do (other than
fixing things.) And a friend from long ago, Gladys (Kottwitz) Smith
was not far away. He enjoyed many fishing trips and times just talking
with her. She was a “life saver” when he had to start on chemo
treatment. Neighbor Charlie Snethen was very helpful in those last
weeks and months, as he would faithfully look for signs of trouble with
Dave and let someone know that we needed to check on what was going on.
Dave was preceded in death by: Son (Eddie Geisinger), daughter
(Tisha Geisinger), both mother and father (Edgar and Lois Geisinger),
two brothers (Kenneth Lynn and Keith Ray Geisinger, twins), and a nephew
(Ricky Davis).
Surviving family: Daughter, Kimberly Whitaker (Spouse Kyle) and
children; Karigan, Kamron and Kooper. Deceased sons children: Ashhley &
Kelsi; Deceased daughter’s children: Thomas, Alex, Toby, Rylie, &
McKenna, Cynthia Geisinger (sister).
Also, Sylvia Davis, Spouse, A. Joe and children: Timothy and
spouse Mishawn, children Jordan, Lucas and Kamyra, Jeff and and son,
Jacob, Jeremy, spouse Cristy, and children Kristen, Kim, Hunter,
Makayla, and their several children. Sylvia and A. Joe were grateful
to be able to share a close relationship with Dave, as we lived so near
to him.
We will all miss Dave in our own ways. He is no longer in pain
and, hopefully, the Lord has enough maintenance for him to do, to keep
him happy for eternity.