DALLAS - Garland C. Misener, 90, a wonderful, beloved Christian man, father and committed husband of 63 years, passed away Monday, July 10, 2000.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at Sparkman-Dickey Funeral Home. Burial: 1 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials: The family asks that memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association Development Division, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611-1676.

Garland Misener was born Sept. 8, 1909 in Lapeer, Mich. He grew up in Lapeer and graduated from Lapeer High School in 1927. While a sophomore in college, a physician sent him to Arizona to recuperate from pneumonia. During a stopover in Fort Worth, he met Erel Day at College Avenue Baptist Church. They married on April 9, 1932.

He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1935 with a major in Engineering Physics, having switched from aeronautical engineering due to overcrowding in that field at the time. After graduation, he entered the field of motion picture engineering. He worked for Warner Brothers as a sound engineer and then for Kodak as a physicist at the Eastman Kodak Research Labs in Rochester, N.Y. During World War II, he was Director of Sound Recording at the Signal Corps Photographic Center, attaining the rank of Major. He remained in the U.S. Army Reserves until 1969, when he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel.

After the war, he joined Ansco Films as the director of Ansco's Hollywood office. While in Hollywood, he assisted in the introduction of Ansco color film in movies. He, and the group that he led, won an Academy Award in the Scientific or Technical Class in 1951, for the design and development of the Ansco Color Print Scene Tester, which was widely used in the industry.

He transferred, in 1949, to the Ansco division of General Aniline and Film Corp. in Binghamton, N.Y., as the Manager of Professional Motion Picture Services. In 1956, he joined Capital Films, in Washington D.C., as the Director of Laboratory and the Head Technical Engineer for Motion Picture Film Processing.

An inventor who held a patent on the Additive Color Scene Tester, he was a life member, fellow and governor of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. In addition, he held the office of Sections Vice President of SMPTE. He was also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Optical Society of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Society Photographic Scientists and Engineers, the Armed Forces Communication Association, the Photographic Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the honorary engineering society, Tau Beta Pi.

He was fluent in three languages. But most importantly he knew Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

He was preceded in death by his devoted wife of 63 years, Erel Day Misner; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Misener of Lapeer, Mich. and Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Sanborn of Hadley, Mich,; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Misener of Lapeer, Mich.; and sister, Ruth Henderson of Metamora, Mich.

He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He later became a member of the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas. He was a man of integrity and character who pursued excellence, and sought to further the cause of Jesus Christ.

Survivors: Son, Garland C. Misener Jr. and wife, Barbara Misener, of Sarasota Springs, N.Y.; daughter, Darla Keefer and husband, Dr. Douglas Keefer, of Dallas; grandchildren, Heather John of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Noelle Nelson of Colorado Springs, Colo., Christopher Keefer of Bridgeport, Katharine Bland of Galveston, Dr. Garland Christian Misener of Portland, Me., Paul Misener, Esq. of Vienna, Va. and Matthew Misener of Sarasota Springs, N.Y.; 10 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Hazel Day Pierce of DeSoto; and a host of nephews and nieces. Sparkman-Dickey Funeral Home Dallas, (972) 407-6070
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