William Andrew Kazmaier, 88, died Jan. 24, 2010, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital.
He was born June 27, 1921, in rural Garfield, the son of William and Mary Velma Mae Spencer Kazmaier. A lifetime area resident, he was a retired residential contractor.
He belonged to First Christian Church and was a past member of the Kiwanis Club, both at Larned. He was a first lieutenant flight instructor in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
On Oct. 3, 1945, he married W. Ruth Grove at Sumner, Ill. She survives.
Other survivors include: one son, Craig and wife Janie, Overland Park; three daughters, Connie L. Gauditz and Jim Neumann, Brighton, Colo., Brenda N. Schuett and husband Randy, Waukesha, Wis., and Janet Gasser and husband Marty, Wichita; one brother, Robert L., Strongsville, Ohio; three sisters, Darlene English, Pratt, Marcile King, Kinsley and Catherine Hammond, Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Sue Kazmaier; and two brothers, Kenneth and Cecil Kazmaier.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Morell Funeral Home Chapel, Larned, with Pastor Dan Lundgren presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., and from 9 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Belpre Cemetery, Belpre.
Memorials may be sent to American Heart Association or the church, in care of Morell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 124, Larned, KS 67550-0124. Personal condolences may be left at www.morellfuneralhomellc.com
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