Visitation:
Wednesday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln
Service:
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the funeral
home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Mildred Berniece (Osborn) Kaesebier, age 98, passed
away on March 15, 2015 at St. Clara’s Manor in
Lincoln.
Mildred was born June 16, 1916, in Hartsburg,
daughter of Harry Abraham and Lydia Anna (Peplow)
Osborn. She was united in marriage to Wilbert
Rudolph Kaesebier in Pekin on October 30, 1936. He
preceded her in death on July 11, 1995. She was also
preceded in death by her parents and two brothers,
George and Harold Osborn.
Mildred is survived by one daughter: Mary Ellen
(Richard D.) Martin of rural Lincoln, and one son,
Wilbert Dean (Carol Colby) Kaesebier of Fairhope;
four grandchildren: Dana (Clark) Oltmanns, Larry
(Julia Armbruster) Martin, Tara (Jeff Zuerlein)
Kaesebier, and Joy (Danny) Gould; ten great
grandchildren: Heather Martin, Kyle (Janessa)
Martin, Martin Oltmanns, Eli and Cooper Zuerlein,
Chelsea, Amber, Adam, Kyle and Colby Gould.
Mildred was a member of St. John United Church of
Christ and Logan County Farm Bureau. Mildred
graduated from Hartsburg High School and graduated
from Lincoln College in 1936. She taught at Walnut
Row one room country school near Atlanta, Illinois
in 1936-1937. She retired from teaching and with her
husband started a farming operation six miles west
of Lincoln, IL. She worked along the side of her
husband until they retired in 1976. They enjoyed
visiting with family and friends, traveling and
every year they looked forward to attending the
Logan County fair until failing health. Mildred
enjoyed bingo, attended church and all the
activities while at St. Clara’s Manor.
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Services for Mildred will be at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home, Lincoln with Rev. Jan Johnson
officiating. Burial will follow in Hartsburg Union
Cemetery, Hartsburg. Visitation will be Wednesday
prior to the service from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at
the funeral home. Memorials may be given to St. John
United Church of Christ, St. Clara’s Manor or
donor’s choice.
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