Darrel ‘Smokey’ Kisler

October 27, 1944 – June 13, 2025

Darrel Stephen Kisler, 80, passed away on June 13, 2025, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, with loving family by his bedside. Memorial services will be held at the Warden Community Church on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 11 a.m., with graveside burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Warden. Darrel was born on Oct. 27, 1944, in Ritzville, Washington, the last of five children born to Clarence and Erna (Rauter) Kisler. Darrel went to school all 12 years at Warden and graduated from high school in 1962. He continued his education at Columbia Basin College and Kinman Business University, earning a degree in accounting. Darrel worked several years in the accounting field and as petroleum supervisor for Cenex before returning home to farm with his family and worked for Doug and Sandi Berg Farms for 20 years.