JOHN GREISSER

LEWISVILLE, Texas—John Robert Greisser, 96, of Texarkana, Ark., died Monday, May 19, 2008, in a Dallas nursing home.

Mr. Greisser was born in Spokane, Wash. He was retired from Shell Oil Co. and Texarkana Water Utilities Pollution Control Department, a captain in the Ordnance Department at Red River Arsenal, a deacon and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana, Ark., a member of Texarkana Rotary Club and Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, and a World War II Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Anne Oglesby Greisser, in 1998.

Survivors include four children, Annabel Watters of Dallas, Harriet Greisser of New York City, Betty Anthony of Texarkana and William Greisser of Lewisville; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be 1 p.m. May 31 at First Presbyterian Church. Cremation is under direction of Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, or the Presbyterian Village North Caring Fund, Dallas.