He provided old age pensions to his employees. Aside from his business, Kistler ran a 120 acre model farm not far from Lock Haven. He was also the vice president of the First National Bank of Lock Haven. Kistler owned The Lock Haven Express Printing Company after its merger in 1917. Sedgwick Kistler and his wife, Bertha Kaul, had one daughter Gertrude Kistler (b. August 11, 1907), who drowned in the Merced River on a family trip to Yosemite, California on July 7, 1920 at the age of 12. Kistler himself, also at times along with his wife, funded many philanthropic projects. He funded the construction for housing for nurses at the Lock Haven hospital. He made donations to the Ross Library and local churches of various denominations. Kistler and his wife made generous donations to Rosemont College in Rosemont, Pennsylvania in memory of Gertrude. They specifically funded the construction of the library and annual student awards, both named in Gertrude’s honor. Kistler was Presbyterian, and was locally involved with the Presbyterian Brotherhood in Lock Haven.