WINONA, Minn. – David Harold Kiese, a carpenter and Winona general contractor, died peacefully at a Florida hospital. In 1998 he graduated from Winona State University in in sociology and chemical dependency. He stated Kiese Counseling Services in Viroqua and La Crosse.. He grew up on dairy farm and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1967.He was a U.S. Army helicopter repairman in Vietnam. He served 12 years in the National Guard for, eventually becoming a chaplains assistant. He sang with theWinona Barbershoppers. He often dressed as a clown or pulled the Barbershoppers float behind his Kiese Construction van. He was an avid horse puller and traveled widely to parades with his team of Herb and Shorty. In retiremenr he lived on a quiet canal in Okeechobee, Florida, and fished every day.
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