The Rev. Howard G.F. Kayser, retired priest of the Diocese of Fond du Lac, died March 15 at St. Francis Home in Fond du Lac, WI. He was 83.

Fr. Kayser was born in Morris Park, NY. He graduated from Nashotah House in 1950 and was ordained priest in the same year. Fr. Kayser was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, 1943-45. He served parishes in Waxahachie and Ennis, TX, before moving to the Diocese of Fond du Lac where he served in Merrill, Tomahawk, Antigo, and Sheboygan Falls, WI. Fr. Kayser retired in 1983.