James Frederick Kern
1927 - 1989 (62 years)-
Name James Frederick Kern Birth 1 Feb 1927 Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa 
[1] Gender Male Occupation farmer, truck driver [2] Death 24 Apr 1989 Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma [1, 2] Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa [1, 2] Person ID I1009 McKeown Last Modified 17 Jul 2023
Father Lester Earl Kern, b. 14 Oct 1898, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa d. 17 Jun 1954 (Age 55 years) Mother Mary Elizabeth Carithers, b. 30 Oct 1900, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa d. 1 Oct 1992, Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa (Age 91 years) Marriage 2 Jun 1925 Louisa County, Iowa Family ID F385 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Norma Mae Zigler, b. 2 Jul 1929, Iowa County, Iowa d. 16 Jul 2016, Hiawatha, Linn County, Iowa (Age 87 years) Marriage 9 Jan 1949 Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Family ID F386 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Oct 2017
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Birth - 1 Feb 1927 - Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa 
Marriage - 9 Jan 1949 - Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa 
Death - 24 Apr 1989 - Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma 
Burial - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - James F. Kern, 62, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Blairstown and Marengo, died Monday in Veterans Administration Medical Center at Muskogee, Okla. after a sudden illness. He was a retired farmer and truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Norma; a son, James Jr. of Chicago; two daughters, Deborah Berstler of Cedar rapids and Susan Ellenberger of Carson City, Nev.; his mother, Mary Kern Hensleigh of Blairstown; two sisters, Jayne Roth of rural Luzerne and Jo Ann Fiester of Blairstown; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services: 1 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church. Inurnment; Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Russell’s, Blairstown, and from 11 a.m. to services time Friday at the church. A memorial fund has been established.
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wednesday, 26 April 1989.
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- James F. Kern, 62, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Blairstown and Marengo, died Monday in Veterans Administration Medical Center at Muskogee, Okla. after a sudden illness. He was a retired farmer and truck driver.
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