KASEL, Paul F. 1932-1999

KASEL, BODENSTEINER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/28/2010 at 11:28:11

PAUL F. KASEL

OSAGE, IOWA - Paul F. Kasel, 66, died Friday, April 9, 1999, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage following a long illness.

Paul was born August 25, 1932, at Adams, Minn., the son of Paul P. and Anna (Bodensteiner) Kasel. He married Darlene Salisbury on June 27, 1962, at Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Austin, Minn.

He worked for the Oliver Corporation and White Farm in Charles City for 23 years. Paul was a member of Sacred Heart Church, the Knights of Columbus and V.F.W., all in Osage. His hobbies were collecting toy tractors and playing with his two grandchildren.

Paul was a heart transplant recipient in 1987, the 14th at University Hospitals in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osage, with the Rev. Philip Recker officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery with military rites at the grave by members of Osage V.F.W. Post No. 7920.

Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with a rosary at 3 p.m. and a wake service at 7 p.m., followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary at 8 p.m.

Paul is survived by his wife, Darlene, of Osage; two daughters, Linda Kasel of Osage and Margaret Dunn and her husband, Roger, of Alta Vista; a son, Robert Kasel of Osage; two grandchildren, Joshua and Sara Dunn of Alta Vista; a special friend, Mary Ann Denekas; five brothers, John Kasel and his wife, Vera, of Osage, William Kasel and his wife, Harriet, of Mason City, Eugene Kasel and his wife, Maryls, of Roscoe, Ill., Daniel Kasel and wife, Barbara, of Taopi, Minn., and Theodore Kasel of Ames; four sisters, Mary Brumm and her husband, John, of Mason City, Joann Krause and her husband, Richard, of Pine Island, Minn., Barbara Kitt and her husband, Dennis, of Denison, and Carol Kasel of Minneapolis, Minn.; and also nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one nephew.

Globe Gazette, April 10, 1999