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Kenneth Kaesebier

[January 14, 2013]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Kenneth Kaesebier, 91, of Mount Pulaski, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at 1:24 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

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Mt. Pulaski: Kenneth Kaesebier, of Mt. Pulaski passed away at 1:24a.m. Sunday morning at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Mr. Kaesebier was born November 25, 1921 in Emden, IL to Adolph and Cassie Tholen Kaesebier. He married Janette Detmers on June 22, 1948 in Emden. She preceded him in death on January 19, 1997. He enlisted in the United States Army in August of 1940, prior to WWII. He served in the Asiatic Theater where he was awarded the Purple Heart, three bronze stars, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze star, and also served in the Korean Conflict. He retired from active military service in 1965. He was an electronic technician at Sangamo Electric in Springfield then owned and operated Barnharts Restaurant with his wife for eight years.

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Survivors include seven children Betty (Dan) Phillips of Mt. Pulaski, Janet Skelton of Lincoln, William Kaesebier of Springfield, David (Ruth Ann) Kaesebier of Lincoln, Richard (Kathy) Kaesebier of Elkhart, Susan (Joe) Ogden of Springfield and Karen (Robert) Hartman of Mt. Pulaski, thirteen grandchildren, Derek (Laura) Phillips, Darin (Amy) Phillips, Shannon Skelton, Michelle Kaesebier, Wade (Ashley) Kaesebier, Alisha (Thomas) Beck, Christina (Brian) Schluep, Therese Kaesebier, Kaitlyn Kaesebier, Christopher Hilscher, Natalie Notto, Ashley Hartman and Tyler Hartman, as well as eleven great grandchildren, Abbegail, Daniel and Delia Phillips, Addilyne and Annabelle Phillips, Kamryn and Kollin Kaesebier, Madison Beck, Carson and Brooke Schluep and Landon Notto.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother William, twin sister Kathryn, one infant daughter, and two grandsons Jason Lee Kaesebier and Jeffrey Scott Hilscher.

Services will be at 4:00 P.M. Thursday January 17, 2013 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mt. Pulaski with Pastor Steve Owens officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home. A private family burial will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery at a later date where full military rites will be accorded by Camp Butler. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital or Lincoln Land Honor Flight.