Edward Kasper
SEDGWICK -- Edward Kasper, 81, retired
welder and machinist for the Santa Fe Railroad, died Tuesday (April
7, 1998) at Sedgwick Healthcare Center in Sedgwick.
He was born May 30, 1916, in Moundridge
to Robert and Emma Hill Kasper. He married Ruby S. Adrian Sept. 17,
1939, in Newton. She survives.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening
and being outdoors.
Other survivors include: six sons,
Charles E. Kasper and Harold L. Kasper, both of Claremore, Okla.,
Jerry R. Kasper, Donald D. Kasper and Bill S. Kasper, all of Newton
and Roy D. Kasper of Burrton; two daughters, Delores J. Schmidt of
Lehigh and Doris A. Miller of Newton; two brothers, Richard "Bud"
Kasper of Bedford, Ind., and Daniel Kasper of El Dorado; three
sisters, Janice Fressler of Bloomington, Ind., Dorothy Holland of
Wichita and Margaret Wingo of Newton; 12 grandchildren; and 13
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister, Jean
Crawford.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Restlawn Gardens of Memory in Newton with the Rev. Vern
Bender from People's Bible Baptist Church in Newton. Friends may call
from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until
noon Saturday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with
the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home.
The Newton Kansan, Wednesday, April 8, 1998 p. 2
1916 - 1998 (81 years)