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Martin David "Doc" Kvitle    

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[May 30, 2015]  LINCOLN - Martin David "Dave" "Doc" Kvitle, 84, of Lincoln, IL, passed peacefully on Friday, May 22, 2015 at Springfield Memorial Hospital with his family at his side.

Visitation:   From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Jefferson Street Christian Church on Wednesday, May 27, and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Service: Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the church

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln     

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Martin David "Dave" "Doc" Kvitle, 84, of Lincoln, IL, passed peacefully on Friday, May 22, 2015 at Springfield Memorial Hospital with his family at his side.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson Street Christian Church in Lincoln. Rev. Henry Johnson and Mr. Walt Zorn will officiate. Military Rites will be accorded by Lincoln American Legion Post #263.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Jefferson Street Christian Church on Wednesday, May 27, and for one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Cremation Rites to be accorded following the funeral service.

He was born on December 30, 1930 in Cambridge, WI to Martin and Doris Walrath Kvitle. He married Shirley "Ann" (Dennis) Kvitle-Bi on June 16, 1956. He later married Janet Lewis Nagel Kvitle on July 8, 1989. She survives.

Surviving are his sister: Ann (Ken) Kvitle Janecek; sons: Kirk (Barb) Kvitle of Quincy and Scott Nagel of Brooklyn, NY; daughters: Kim (Steve) Mitchell of Dunlap, Karen (Ross) Giesler of Metamora, Kristie (Neil) Goedhard of Renton, WA, LeAnn (Russ) Holmes of Des Moines, IA, and Karen Nagel-Martinez of Lincoln.

Also surviving are grandchildren: Thomas Mitchell, Sarah (Kevin) Flannery, Jason (Courtney fiancée) Kvitle, Emily (Chris) Peters, Hannah and Martin Kvitle; Gretchen and Alexander Giesler; Tyler Nagel; Emily, Cade and Elly Martinez; Lauren and Lydia Holmes; Ava and Lars Goedhard; as well as many nieces and nephews.

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He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother Eugene Kvitle.

Dave graduated from Wauwatosa High School in 1948 where he played on the Wauwatosa High School basketball team that won the Wisconsin state championship two years in a row. He graduated from Luther College in Iowa and graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State in 1955. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Dave was called from reserve status (ROTC) and served as a First Lieutenant in the Army as a Meat and Food Inspector from 1955-1957. He was a large and small animal veterinarian who owned and operated Wes-Lyn Animal Clinic, Lincoln, IL , retiring in 1999, yet continued to serve animal and farm families for several years. He was on the Logan County Board of Health and served as a school board member for West Lincoln School. He was a rabies inspector for Logan County and was the veterinarian for the Logan County Fair for many years. In addition to being a loyal Railers fan, he was a dedicated member of Jefferson Street Christian Church and many other community organizations.

Memorials may be made to Jefferson Street Christian Church.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln.

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