William Charles Kaiser

1931 - 2017

William Kaiser

William Charles Kaiser, 86, of O'Fallon, born March 28, 1931 in Pittsburgh, Penn., was granted eternal rest Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017 at home, in O'Fallon, Ill.

Bill was an Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict. A custom upholsterer by trade, he was an upholstery instructor at Belleville Area College. He attended St. Nicholas Catholic Church, O'Fallon, was active in Yesterday's Kids and was a charter member of Knights of Columbus Council 4239. Bill loved children and always passed out Dum-Dums lollipops to kids. He was an avid golfer, and enjoyed traveling and taking cruises. Bill loved to be with people; he was very social, friendly, and easy to get to know. He was a man of strong faith and prayed the Rosary daily.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Adolph and Mary, nee Fitzwilliams, Kaiser; son-in-law, Karl Plath; grandson, Blake Rowe; brothers, Adolph Kaiser Jr. and Richard Kaiser; and sisters, Betty Greenwalt, Jean Schuetz, and Barbara Kaiser.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Rosemary Kaiser, nee Reckamp, whom he married January 28, 1956 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in East St. Louis, Ill.; six children, William Charles (Mary) Kaiser Jr., of Glenpool, Okla., Nancy Jean Plath of Belleville, Kathleen Patricia Moore of O'Fallon, Michelle Diane (Doug) Rowe of Springfield, Ill., Kevin Michael (Leah Hammel) Kaiser of New Baden, Ill., and Lori Ann (Edward) Eyre of Belleville, Ill.; grandchildren, Jacob Kaiser, Jesse Kaiser, Aaron Plath, Charlaine Plath, Colin Moore, Jessica Moore, Darin Rowe, Mindi Rowe, and Maddison Kaiser; great-grandchildren, Alexis Sarginson, Beckett and Boston Moore, and Indigo Rowe; and sisters Patricia Wiehagen of Florida and Mary Jane West of Pennsylvania.

Memorial donations are suggested to American Lung Association or Caritas Family Solutions. The guest book may be signed at www.wfh-ofallon.com.

Visitation: The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 W. Washington St., O'Fallon, and from 9 to 9:45 a.m., Friday, April 28, 2017 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, O'Fallon.

Services: Yesterday's Kids will conduct a walk-through at 9:15 a.m., Friday, at the church. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., on Friday, April 28, 2017 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, O'Fallon, with Msgr. William Hitpas presiding. Burial with military honors will follow at Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Shiloh.

WOLFERSBBERGER FUNERAL HOME, O'Fallon, Ill.