George Adam ZIEGLER KERN

KERN, ZIEGLER, SIMON, JANUISIK, KOZISHEK, MELDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/18/2016 at 02:25:31

February 20, 1918 --- November 11, 1982

George Adam Kern, 64, married, retired farmer, born February 20, 1918 in Belmond, Wright County, IA. Son of Kasper Kern and Elizabeth Simon. Died November 11, 1982 at Mercy Hospital, Mason City, IA, at 2:05 a.m. Resided 280 Country Club Dr, Garner IA. Attended rural schools in the Concord Township. Continued farming until 1976 when they retired and moved into Garner. He worked at the ASCS part-time in Garner up to the present time. He was a member of the St. Boniface Catholic Church and VFW in Garner. Survivors are his wife Rita, children; Mary Kay Januisik in Custer Park, IL, Patricia Kern in Chicago, IL, Robert G. Kern in Garner, and Bonnie Kern in Mason City; his brothers, Adam Ziegler in Belmond, Henry (Ione) Ziegler in Clarion, Nick (Lottie) Ziegler in Chicago IL, Pete Ziegler in Chicago IL, sister; Betty Kozishek in Moorland. Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner, IA. Funeral services November 13, 1982, St. Boniface Catholic Church, by Msgr. Roger E. O'Brien, at 10:30 a.m. Interment in St. Boniface Church Cemetery, Garner, IL.

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[son of Peter Ziegler and Katherina (Melder) Ziegler who died in 1920; raised by Kern family]