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KERSTETTER, John B. 1879-1953

KERSTETTER, BLACK, WITT, DEAN, WELTZIN, KUHN, FOLSOM, PIKUL, DUNKELBERGER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/31/2012 at 01:07:21

[Progress Review, Sunday, April 19, 1953, La Porte City, Iowa]

Last Rites for
J. B. Kerstetter
On Wednesday

John B. Kerstetter, 73, life long resident of La Porte City and vicinity, succumbed to death at Crawford W. Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday, April 11, 1953. Death terminated a two weeks' long illness from uremic poisoning. Mr. Kerstetter had been in poor health for several years, but had been improved during the winter. He became suddenly ill aboard the train March 28 while he and his wife were enroute home from a winter in St. Petersburg, Florida, and had to be taken off at Atlanta.

John B, Kerstetter, son of John and Belle (Black) Kerstetter, was born July 22, 1879 on a farm southwest of La Porte City, where he grew to manhood.

In March of 1901 he was united in marriage with Lena Witt of La Porte City and they established a home on a farm in Bruce Township, Benton County. They retired from farming in 1913 and moved to the residence on Locust Street, where they lived until his death, with the exception of spending his winters in Florida since 1914.

His wife Lena preceded him in death in October of 1936. On January 21, 1939 he married Evelyn Dean of Jesup. She preceded him in death in October of 1949. His marriage to Anna Weltzin occurred at Peru, Illinois July 17, 1951.

Survivors are his wife Anna; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Kuhn of Frederick, South Dakota, and Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom of Long Beach, California; one brother, Birt Kerstetter of St. Petersburg, Florida; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Dorothy Pikul of Peru, Illinois and Mrs. George Dunkelberger of La Porte City; one stepson, Melvin Eckenfeled of Oakland, California and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.

The body arrived in La Porte City Monday morning and was taken to the Johannsen Funeral home where funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. T. E. Schroeder of the American Lutheran Church. Clifford Burr, accompanied by Mrs. Burr, sang "The Old Rugged Cross," and "The Lord's Prayer." Casket bearers were Roy Bristow of Waterloo and Ralph Dunkelberger, Archie Dunkelberger, Glenn Koepke, Glenn Palmer, and Duane Feller. Burial was made in West View Cemetery.

Out of town relatives who came for the funeral service were Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom, Long Beach, California; Phillip Normand and two children, Princeton, Wisconsin; Joe Norman, Little Rock, Arkansas; Clifford Witt, Lenox, California; Mrs. Peter Witt, Minot, North Dakota; Mr. and Mrs. Emory Simon, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patava, Mrs. Jack Woods and Susan Jane Graham, Waterloo; Mrs. Royal Hazlitt, Wavery; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Witt and Jerry, Wapello; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pikul, Mrs. Alvin Peterson and Mrs. Henry Soedler, Peru, Illinois; Jerry Fredrickson, William Fredrickson, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fredrickson, Boone; and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kuhlman, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pringwald and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Navon, Boughton.


 

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