University of Illinois Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Paul Kester
GALESBURG - Paul Dickson Kester, 91, Galesburg, formerly of Oneida, died at 4:58 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria. He was born Nov. 6, 1921, in Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, the only child of Charles Dickson Kester and Karin Caroline Meline Kester. He was baptized on Sept. 6, 1922, at First Lutheran Church in Galesburg, and confirmed there May 10, 1936. He attended Lincoln Elementary, Lombard Jr. High School and one year at Galesburg High School before moving to...